Cosmetic Flask

13th century

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 454

Vessels formed on a sand core and decorated with marvered and combed trails of contrasting colors were one of the earliest types known from Egypt and the eastern Mediterranean world. The marvered vessels produced in the Islamic areas, such as this flask, were blown on the pipe.

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Title: Cosmetic Flask
Date: 13th century
Geography: Attributed to Egypt or Syria
Medium: Glass, amber; blown with applied marvered opaque white decoration
Dimensions: H. 4 in. (10.2 cm)
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of George D. Pratt, 1932
Object Number: 32.49.3
Curatorial Department: Islamic Art

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