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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Glass, Room 131

Bottle

900-1000 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Bottle, colourless glass, with globular body and long neck, the body wheelcut with sloped roundels set within hexagonal and pentagonal facets, vertical facets on the neck


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Wheelcut glass
Brief description
Bottle, glass with wheelcut hexagonal facets with central roundels, 900-1000, Iran
Physical description
Bottle, colourless glass, with globular body and long neck, the body wheelcut with sloped roundels set within hexagonal and pentagonal facets, vertical facets on the neck
Dimensions
  • Height: 15.3cm
  • Maximum diameter: 8.7cm
Style
Gallery label
BOTTLE Wheel-cut in relief. Probably PERSIAN; 9th -10th century Salting Collection(Used until 11/2003)
Credit line
Salting Bequest
Other number
8224 - Glass gallery number
Collection
Accession number
C.2516-1910

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Record createdDecember 13, 1997
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