Bottle with Peacocks

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Bottle with Peacocks

Place of OriginIranian area

DateMedieval Islamic period, about 12th-13th century

DimensionsH: 24.4 cm (9 5/8 in.); Diam: 9.6 cm (3 3/4 in.)

MediumDark blue glass blown in a two-part mold and tooled on the pontil; applied trail around the neck

ClassificationGlass

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1962.27

On View

Toledo Museum of Art (2445 Monroe Street), Gallery, 28A

Collections

Glass

Published ReferencesPage, Jutta-Annette, The Art of Glass: Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, Toledo Museum of Art, 2006, p. 64, repr. (col.) fig. 24A, p. 65.Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, Treasures for Toledo, Dec. 1964-Jan. 1965.

Corning Museum of Glass; New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art; Athens, Benaki Museum, Glass of the Sultans, 2001-2002, no. 18, p. 92, repr. (col.)

Label TextBottles with a near-spherical body and a long narrow neck became popular in the Medieval Islamic world. The shape is especially common in glass, although it is not restricted to this medium and may have been inspired by metal prototypes. The popularity of this type of vessel in the Middle East has to do with its practical function as a container for liquids that had to be poured in relatively small quantities, such as rosewater.