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Perfume Flask

DepartmentIslamic Art

Date9th-10th century A.D.

MediumGlass

Dimensionsheight: 3 3/16 in. (8.1 cm)
rim diameter: 3/4 in. (1.9 cm)

Credit LineMuseum Purchase: Stark-Willson Collection

Object number86.138.396

DescriptionFree-blown flask of dark blue glass. Cylindrical body, narrowing slightly from rounded shoulder to base; conical neck and plain rim. Large rough pontil mark on base.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, 1986

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