Bottle / Glass

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Object Identifier
1970.03.0979
Object Name
Bottle
Object Type
Glass vessels
Materials
Glass
Height
3.3
Inscribed
no
Full Artifact Description
Miniature flask. Mold-blown and expanded in transparent colorless glass. Globular body, short cylindrical neck with mouth flaring out, flattened on top with plain rim. Body decorated with faint pattern of three rows of sunken ovals, suggesting a honey-comb design. Bottom has ring of six raised ovals around central pontil mark. Shoulder tooled with rayed petal design. Vertical tool marks on neck. Large bubble in body. One third of rim broken away.
Verbatim Date
8th-10th C AD?
Verbatim Provenance
Syria?
Countermark
no
Exhibition Title
Islamic Art from the University of Michigan Collections
Exhibition Curator
Soucek, Priscilla Parsons
Publication Title
Islamic Art from the University of Michigan Collections
Publication Author
Soucek, P.
Publication Year
1978
Type Category
Artifact

Technical Details

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1970.03.0979
Link to this Item
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1970.03.0979/1970_03_0979

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"Bottle; Glass". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1970.03.0979/1970_03_0979. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 05, 2023.