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Bottle with Impressed Decorations

10th–11th century
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 451
This bottle was created with a number of complex glass-working techniques. The piece was made in two parts that were joined at the horizontal seam. Decoration was impressed with tongs before the pieces were joined. The blue glass thread around the rim gives a spark of color to this otherwise transparent piece. The bottle’s decoration consists of repeating bulls-eyes, a pattern that was especially popular in decorating the surfaces of small bronze vessels.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Bottle with Impressed Decorations
  • Date: 10th–11th century
  • Geography: Attributed to probably Iran
  • Medium: Glass, greenish yellow; blown in two parts, impressed with tongs, applied blue rim
  • Dimensions: H. 7 1/2 in. (18.5 cm)
    Max. Diam. 3 7/16 in. (8.7 cm)
  • Classification: Glass
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Rogers Fund, Louis E. and Theresa S. Seley Purchase Fund for Islamic Art, and Mrs. Charles D. Kelekian Gift, 1994
  • Object Number: 1994.211
  • Curatorial Department: Islamic Art

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