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Flask

9th–11th century
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 951

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Flask
  • Date: 9th–11th century
  • Culture: Islamic
  • Medium: Almost colorless (brown tinged) and translucent purple glass. Blown (the body blown in a dip mold), the rim finished at the furnace, wheel-cut.
  • Dimensions: H. 12 cm; diam. of rim 1.7 cm; diam. of shoulder 4.2 cm
  • Classification: Glass
  • Credit Line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
  • Object Number: 1975.1.1583
  • Curatorial Department: The Robert Lehman Collection

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