Bottle
800-1000 (made)
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Bottle, greyish glass, wheelcut with alternating panels with birds and abstract motifs.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Blown glass with wheelcut decoration |
| Brief description | Bottle, glass cut in a design of alternating panels with birds and abstract motifs, Iran, 800-1000 |
| Physical description | Bottle, greyish glass, wheelcut with alternating panels with birds and abstract motifs. |
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| Credit line | Wilfred Buckley Collection |
| Object history | The design of alternating panels with birds and abstract motifs is very similar to that on the beaker (no. 8219) shown alongside. They originate no doubt from the same glasshouse. |
| Production | Persia |
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| Bibliographic reference | Jens Kroger. Nishapur. Glass of the Early Islamic Period. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1995. |
| Other number | 8217 - Glass gallery number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.127-1936 |
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| Record created | December 13, 1997 |
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