Pouring spout / Glass
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Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 1970.03.0060
- Object Name
- Pouring spout
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Object Type
- Glass vessels
- Materials
- Glass
- Weight
- 1.56g
- Pierced
- no
- Inscribed
- no
- Full Artifact Description
- pouring spout
- Pouring spout and ornate thumb rest, which takes the shape of a finial or leaf pattern. Blown and cut glass. The colorless glass and the chiseled pattern resemble rock-cut crystal. Crystal was analogized to petrified water in Islamic thought (Pearls of Wisdom, Gruber; Dimmig).
- Subjects
- undecorated
- Earliest Date
- 900
- Latest Date
- 1199
- Verbatim Date
- 10th - 12th C AD
- Verbatim Provenance
- Egypt
- Production Site
- site
- Countermark
- no
- Condition Notes
- Pin from Pearls of Wisdom exhibition still wrapped about spout; needs removal
- Exhibition Title
- Pearls of Wisdom: The Arts of Islam at the University of Michigan (exhibit)
- Exhibition Curator
- Gruber, Christiane
- Publication Title
- Pearls of Wisdom: The Arts of Islam at the University of Michigan
- Publication Author
- Gruber, Christiane; Dimmig, Ashley
- Publication Year
- 2014
- Class Title
- Working with Objects: Islamic Textiles, Metalwork, Ceramics, Glass, and Manuscripts (W2020)
- Class Instructor
- Gruber, Christiane
- Class Department
- HISTART
- Class Number
- 490.001
- Class Year
- 2020
- Class Semester
- Winter
- Type Category
- Artifact
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 4871 x 4395
- File Size
- 425 KB
- Record
- 1970.03.0060
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1970.03.0060/1970_03_0060p02.tif
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/api/manifest/kelsey:1970.03.0060:1970_03_0060P02.TIF
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"Pouring spout; Glass." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1970.03.0060/1970_03_0060p02.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 17, 2024.