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Museum Purchase: Stark-Willson Collection.
Bottle
Museum Purchase: Stark-Willson Collection.
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Bottle

DepartmentIslamic Art
Date7th-8th century A.D.
MediumGlass
Dimensionsh. 2 13/16 in. (7.1 cm)
rim diam. 9/16 in. (1.5 cm)
max. diam. 1 15/16 in. (4.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase: Stark-Willson Collection
Object number86.138.404
GeographyDescriptionFree-blown flask of greenish-yellow glass. Spherical body with narrow lobed neck and flaring, flattened rim. Added wide strip-ring foot, of same color as body; pontil mark. Applied decoration: thick spiral thread with tooled pinches along entire length.Label TextGroup label with 86.138.385: The general shape of the smaller bottle (86.138.404) is a precursor of the narrow-necked perfume sprinklers of the Islamic period. It is decorated with pinched bands of glass threads. On the larger bottle (86.138.385), the applied threads have been pulled into star and disk motifs.ProvenanceBy purchase, the Stark family, Orange, Texas, between 1927 and 1929; by bequest, the Nelda C. and H. J. Lutcher Stark Foundation, 1965; by purchase, the San Antonio Museum of Art with funding from Mr. and Mrs. Robert Willson, 1986Exhibition History"Mediterraneo," Museo del Vidrio, Monterrey, Mexico, April 27-Nov. 7, 2004
Not on view
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