Bottle with birds
Bottle with birds
Place of OriginIran or possibly Egypt
Date9th-10th century
DimensionsH (restored): 13.3 cm (5 1/4 in.); W: 5.2 cm (2 in.)
MediumGlass; blown, tooled, and wheel-cut with decoration in relief
ClassificationGlass
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1983.79
Not on View
DescriptionColorless glass with slight yellow tinge
Published ReferencesPage, Jutta-Annette, The Art of Glass: Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, Toledo Museum of Art, 2006, p. 60, repr. (col.) p. 61.Exhibition HistoryCorning Museum of Glass; New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art; Athens, Benaki Museum, Glass of the Sultans, 2001-2002, no. 85, p.179-80, repr. (col.).
4th century CE
9th-10th century
4th century CE
4th century CE
1st century CE
5th-6th century
9th-10th century
3rd century CE
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11th century
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