Flask
Several examples of this shape were excavated, including the body of a miniature carafe and a rare cobalt blue example, mold-blown with an all-over decoration of half-palmettes. This example, with its facet-cut neck and plain horizontal lines on the body, somehow recalls the approach to the decoration of Nishapur's wheel-thrown unglazed ewers.
Artwork Details
- Title: Flask
- Date: 9th century
- Geography: Excavated in Iran, Nishapur
- Medium: Glass; free blown, cut
- Dimensions: H. 9 1/16 in. (23 cm)
Max. W. 5 1/8 in. (13 cm) - Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1940
- Object Number: 40.170.61
- Curatorial Department: Islamic Art
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