Flask (Qumqum)

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Flask (Qumqum)

Place of OriginSyria

Date13th century

DimensionsH: 4 1/16 in. (10.3 cm); Rim Diam: 6/32 in. (.7 cm); Body Diam: 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm); Body Thickness: 1 3/8 in. (3.4 cm)

MediumGlass; mold-blown, trailed and marvered decoration.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.2356

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DescriptionPurple body; applied opaque white decoration; small mouth; neck widens toward shoulder, constricts slightly above shoulder, straight shoulder; flattened lower half of neck and body with opaque white trailed and marvered threads in looped pattern; spherical body.

Published ReferencesLamm, Carl Johan, Mittelalterliche Gläser und Steinschnittar-beiten aus dem Nahen Osten, Berlin, 1929-1930, I, fig. 1, p. 102; II, fig. 1, Taf. 32, repr. (dated 1200 A.D.)Exhibition HistoryDetroit Institute of Arts, Mamluk Art in Regional Collections, 1982, no. 24.