Perfume sprinkler (Omom)
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
Collections
Published References"Accessions of American and Canadian Museums", Art Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 2, Summer 1968, p. 205, repr. p.209.
- Glass
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.
Mid-14th century
Mamluk Period, (1250-1517)
about 1230
about 1340
Mid-14th century
Mid-14th century
Mid-14th century
Early 16th century
Early 16th century
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