Bottle with Twisted Ribbing
This small green bottle was created in a mold. The vertical ribs were twisted counterclockwise by the glassmaker outside the mold to create the final ridged decoration - thirty ridged vertical ribs from the base to the shoulder. The dating and place of provenance are confirmed by archaeological evidence gathered in Central Asia.
Artwork Details
- Title: Bottle with Twisted Ribbing
- Date: 10th–11th century
- Geography: Made in Central Asia
- Medium: Glass, blue-green; dip-molded, blown
- Dimensions: H. 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm)
Diam. 2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm) - Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Purchase, Sheikh Nasser Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah and Sheikha Hussah Sabah al-Salem al-Sabah Gift, 2001
- Object Number: 2001.229
- Curatorial Department: Islamic Art
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probably 11th–12th century
Attributed to American Flint Glass Manufactory
Attributed to Henry William Stiegel
1769–74
11th–12th century
Probably Wistarburgh Glassworks
1738–ca. 1777
9th–10th century
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