Perfume Bottle
Perfume Bottle
Place of OriginEgypt or Syria
Date13th century
DimensionsH: 5 3/16 in. (13.2 cm); Rim Diam: 3/4 in. (2 cm); Body Diam: 15/16 in. (2.4 cm)
MediumBlown and tooled glass, with applied marvered threads
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.2208
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DescriptionPurple ground; applied opaque white decoration; offset rim; angular bulge in neck near juncture with body; four-sided body narrows toward bottom; decorated with opaque white trails applied and marvered in a festoon pattern.
13th century
13th century
13th century
13th century
13th century
13th century
13th century
13th century
late 13th century
2nd through mid-1st century BCE
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