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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Bottle
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Bottle

CulturePersian
DateNo Date
MediumGlass
DimensionsOverall: 13 3/4 in. (34.9 cm)
Overall, Rim: 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Baba Baharestani
Object number71.7736
Not on view
DescriptionBlown, green, bottle glass, "pilgrim flask" shape but with tall neck (oval bulb and 8" high round tapering neck); high kick and rough pontil; tooled thick doughnut shape rim and decorated with applied round central boss on one wide side of bulb (may have been one on other side but this is reconstructed part) and applied threads of glass 2.5" down from rim. Bulb is diagonally finely ribbed from marvering.

New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
100-299 A.D.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
4th century-5th century
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2011.
Unknown
1500 - 1599
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
12th century A.D.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2020.
Daum Frères
ca. 1910
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
1st century
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
9th century-10th century
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Imperial Glass Co.
No Date
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
4th century-5th century