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

Bottle

Manufacturer Unknown

CulturePersian

Date9-10TH CENTURY A.D.

MediumBlown glass

DimensionsOverall: 9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm)
Overall, Rim: 2 5/16 in. (5.9 cm)

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.6768

Collections

Asian Art

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 107

DescriptionClear bottle of blown, yellowish tinted glass. Engraved with geometric swirls and dashes. Crosshatching. Reconstructed with some decomposition. Slightly tapering to the larger shoulder. Funnel neck and a flat rim. Rough pontil. See also same shape 71.6767.

Label TextCarafe Persia 10th-11th Century A.D. Blown glass with wheel cut linear decoration. Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.6768 (GAnPe 66.5)Exhibition History_Treasures From the Chrysler Museum_, 1/9/70. Published ReferencesCorning Journal VIII, 1966, pg. 132, #20, same shape as relief cut one, Persian 9-10th Century A.D. Corning Journal VII, 1965, pg. 124, #15, at Mus de Verre, Liege an engraved one.