Small flask
Small flask
Place of OriginEgypt or Syria
Date8th-9th century
DimensionsH: 13.8 cm (5 7/16 in.);
Rim Diam: 1.9 cm (3/4 in.); Body Diam: 3.8 cm (1 1/2 in.)
Rim Diam: 1.9 cm (3/4 in.); Body Diam: 3.8 cm (1 1/2 in.)
MediumGlass; opaque white applied and marvered trails, blown and tooled on the pontil
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.2203
Not on View
DescriptionTranslucent blue glass; conical neck; four-sided body, wider at top than at bottom; four small feet, each at one corner of bottom; uneven feather pattern
Published ReferencesLamm, Carl Johan, Mittelalterliche Gläser und Steinschnittarbeiten aus dem Nahen Osten, Berlin, 1929-1930, I, fig. 4, p. 102, II, fig. 4, Taf. 32, repr.
Page, Jutta-Annette, The Art of Glass: Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH, Toledo Museum of Art, 2006, p. 63, repr. (col.) fig. 23B, p. 62.
7th-8th century
Late 4th-5th century CE
2nd-3rd century CE
Medieval Islamic period, about 12th-13th century
13th century
13th century
13th century
late 13th century
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