Sprinkler (Qumqum)
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Sprinkler (Qumqum)
Place of OriginProbably Syria
Date13th century
DimensionsH: 3 7/8 in. (9.7 cm); Rim Diam: 5/16 in. (0.8 cm); Body Diam: 2 7/16 in. (6.2 cm); Body Thickness: 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm)
MediumMold blown; applied and marvered decoration; applied handles
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.2359
Not on View
DescriptionDark purple body and handles (appears black on exterior); applied opaque green and opaque white decoration; small mouth; neck widens toward shoulder; two small handles extend from bottom of neck to shoulder; flattened spherical body; opaque green and opaque white threads applied and marvered in chevron pattern.
Published ReferencesPage, Jutta-Annette, The Art of Glass: Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, Toledo Museum of Art, 2006, p. 63, repr. (col.) fig. 23C, p. 62.Exhibition HistoryCorning Museum of Glass; New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art; Athens, Benaki Museum, Glass of the Sultans, 2001-2002, no.59, p. 142-143, repr. (col.).9th-11th century CE (?)
Probably 4th century
about 1400-1350 BCE
about 12th-13th century
Mid-4th to early 3rd century BCE
late 13th century
2nd through mid-1st century BCE
13th century
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