Perfume Sprinkler
1300-1400 (made)
| Place of origin |
Bottle, gilded and enamelled glass, with radial Arabic inscription praising the Sultan. Colourless with yellowish tinge, 2 large medallions on shoulder.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Glass, colourless with yellow tinge, mould-blown, originally with red, blue and white enamels and gilding |
| Brief description | Bottle or perfume sprinkler, gilded and enamelled glass, Egypt or Syria, 1300-1400 |
| Physical description | Bottle, gilded and enamelled glass, with radial Arabic inscription praising the Sultan. Colourless with yellowish tinge, 2 large medallions on shoulder. |
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| Style | |
| Marks and inscriptions | Two medallions on shoulder with the inscription ''izz li-maulana al-Sultan al-Malik al-'alim' (Glory to our lord the Sultan, the wise King) in Naskhi Arabic script. (Decoration) |
| Gallery label |
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| Production | date: 'probably' |
| Bibliographic reference | Same shape as 1185-1905. Exhibited at Leeds, 1961, cat. no. 9 |
| Other number | 8261 - Glass gallery number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 992-1901 |
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| Record created | December 13, 1997 |
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