Qumqum (perfume sprinkler)
Culture: Islamic
Date: 12th-13th century A.D.
Medium: Glass
Dimensions:
h. 6 11/16 in. (17 cm); max. w. 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm)
Credit Line: Museum Purchase: Stark-Willson Collection
Object number: 86.138.464
Provenance: By 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
Label Text
This bottle may be identified as a perfume sprinkler by its narrow and elongated neck. The shoulder and body are decorated with applied floral motifs in gold leaf and red and blue enamel. (G.D. Scott, III, 2003)
Not on view
In Collection(s)
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