Perfume sprinkler (Omom)

Place of OriginEgypt or Syria

Datelate 13th century

DimensionsH: 7 3/4 in. (19.7 cm); Max W: 6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm); Min W: 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm)

MediumBlown glass, with enameled and gilded decoration

ClassificationGlass

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

Object number

1966.115

Not on View

Published References"Accessions of American and Canadian Museums", Art Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 2, Summer 1968, p. 205, repr. p.209.

Toledo Museum of Art, "Treasures for Toledo", Museum News, New Series, vol. 12, no. 4, Winter 1969, repr.

Toledo Museum of Art, Art in Glass: A Guide to the Glass Collections, Toledo, 1969, repr. p. 39. Atil, Esin, Renaissance of Islam: Art of the Mamluks, Washington D.C., Smithsonian Institution Press, 1981, no. 47, p. 129, repr. (col.), p. 128.

Exhibition HistoryWashington, National Museum of Natural History; Minneapolis Institute of Art; New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art; Cincinnati Museum of Art; Detroit Art Institute; Phoenix Art Museum; Hartford, Wadsworth Atheneum, Renaissance of Islam: Art of the Mamluks, 1981.

The Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, IL. The Glass Experience, March 13-Spetember 1, 2008.