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Flask by an unidentified artist

The Metropolitan Museum of ArtPublic domain

Flask

Unattributed · 9th–11th century

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Recorded facts

Date

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

Department

Robert Lehman Collection

Culture / origin

Islamic

Credit line

Robert Lehman Collection, 1975

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