Kohl Flask (Sormedan)
Kohl Flask
900-1000 (cast)
900-1000 (cast)
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The upper section of the bottle is square with slightly concave sides and rounded edges. The legs have been created by cutting out facets giving the lower body the appearance of a molar tooth.
The neck is short and chamfered rising from slightly rounded shoulders, broadening slightly as it rises. The bottom of the neck has a chamfered moulding and the top has a short everted rim with a rounded edge.
Decoration is sparsely applied.The neck has four paired scrolls. In the centre of each facet a roundel encloses a trilobed motif with thick lateral lobes with a squat cusped lobe in the middle. An epigraphic frieze runs round the top of the vessel in a continuous band.
Patina: smooth uniform olive brown.
The neck is short and chamfered rising from slightly rounded shoulders, broadening slightly as it rises. The bottom of the neck has a chamfered moulding and the top has a short everted rim with a rounded edge.
Decoration is sparsely applied.The neck has four paired scrolls. In the centre of each facet a roundel encloses a trilobed motif with thick lateral lobes with a squat cusped lobe in the middle. An epigraphic frieze runs round the top of the vessel in a continuous band.
Patina: smooth uniform olive brown.
Object details
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| Title | Kohl Flask (Sormedan) (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Cast bronze with engraved decoration inlaid with black composition. |
| Brief description | Cast in bronze with engraved decoration and four faceted legs, inlaid with black composition. |
| Physical description | The upper section of the bottle is square with slightly concave sides and rounded edges. The legs have been created by cutting out facets giving the lower body the appearance of a molar tooth. The neck is short and chamfered rising from slightly rounded shoulders, broadening slightly as it rises. The bottom of the neck has a chamfered moulding and the top has a short everted rim with a rounded edge. Decoration is sparsely applied.The neck has four paired scrolls. In the centre of each facet a roundel encloses a trilobed motif with thick lateral lobes with a squat cusped lobe in the middle. An epigraphic frieze runs round the top of the vessel in a continuous band. Patina: smooth uniform olive brown. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | (Persian; Kufic; engraved)
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| Object history | Bought for 4s 6d from Monsieur Jules Richard through Major Robert Murdoch Smith on 22nd December 1874. |
| Bibliographic reference | Melikian-Chirvani, A.S. Islamic Metalwork from the Iranian World, London:HMSO, 1982. p43. ISBN 0 11 290252 9 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 528-1876 |
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| Record created | February 5, 2003 |
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