Perfume Bottle

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Perfume Bottle

Place of OriginEgypt or Syria

Date13th century

DimensionsH: 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm); Rim Diam: 13/16 in. (2.1 cm); Body Diam: 7/8 in. (2.3 cm)

MediumBlown and tooled glass, with applied marvered threads

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.2209

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DescriptionPurple; applied white decoration; offset rim; slight bulge in neck at juncture with body; four-sided body, narrowing toward bottom; decorated with opaque white trails in uneven festoon pattern; piece was twisted while hot, making it slightly crooked.