Flask
Unknown Artist
9th–11th century
Medium
Almost colorless (brown tinged) and translucent purple glass. Blown (the body blown in a dip mold), the rim finished at the furnace, wheel-cut.
Dimensions
H. 12 cm; diam. of rim 1.7 cm; diam. of shoulder 4.2 cm
Classification
Glass
Culture
Islamic
Department
Robert Lehman Collection
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Accession Number
1975.1.1583