Glass Bottle with Faceted Decoration

9th–10th century

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 453

The shape of this bottle seems to have been popular in glass as well as metal and glazed pottery. Though it is hard to say which medium gave way to the other, this particular faceted variety with horizontal grooves marking the transitions between the different decorative sections of the vessel has especially close parallels in metal.

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Title: Glass Bottle with Faceted Decoration
Date: 9th–10th century
Geography: Attributed to Iran
Medium: Glass, colorless; blown, cut
Dimensions: H. 5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm)
Diam. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm)
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1965
Object Number: 65.172.2
Curatorial Department: Islamic Art

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