Flask

Unknown Artist

9th–11th century

Flask by Unknown Artist

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

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