Fustat / fish figurine/vessel, Islamic / Glass
About this Item
Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 1970.03.0965
- Object Name
- fish figurine/vessel, Islamic
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Object Type
- Glass vessels
- Materials
- Glass
- Length
- 4.6;
- Width
- th. 1.3;
- Height
- 2.2;
- Thickness
- ;
- Weight
- ;5.1 g
- Pierced
- no
- Inscribed
- no
- Full Artifact Description
- Miniature flask in shape of a fish. Free blown of fairly thick transparent colorless glass. Body oval with open mouth, body curving to one side as it narrows down to tail. Tail broken away. Trail of glass applied to form dorsal fin with back section a flattened semi-circle with glass trailing off down fish’s body. Two asymmetrical blobs for eyes. Remnants of ventral and pectoral fins. Glass bubbly. Chip out of bottom of mouth.
- Cf. Lamm, p.84 #10; Lamm, Samarra p. 14.
- Fish-shaped vessel. The fins are made from heated threads of glass that were strategically affixed and pinched. The vessel's liquid would have been poured out of the fish's mouth. Glass (Pearls of Wisdom, Gruber; Dimmig).
- Earliest Date
- 700
- Latest Date
- 899
- Verbatim Date
- 8th - 9th C AD
- Verbatim Provenance
- Egypt
- Verbatim Site
- Fustat
- Production Site
- site
- Countermark
- no
- Exhibition Title
- Ancient/Modern: The Design of Everyday Things
- Pearls of Wisdom: The Arts of Islam at the University of Michigan (exhibit)
- Exhibition Curator
- Encina, Sebastián Enrique
- Gruber, Christiane
- Exhibition Year
- 2014
- 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
- Record
- 1970.03.0965
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1970.03.0965/dsc_3195.jpg
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"Fustat; fish figurine/vessel, Islamic; Glass." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1970.03.0965/dsc_3195.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024.
