Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2015.

Bottle

Manufacturer Unknown

CulturePersian

Date8-9TH CENTURY A.D.

MediumMold blown glass

Dimensions7 1/8 × 3 3/8 × 3 1/2 in. (18.1 × 8.6 × 8.9 cm)
Overall, Rim: 1 in. (2.5 cm)

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.6765

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-1, Case 4

DescriptionStick style bottle/sprinkler. Mold-blown clear pale green glass. With circular design on bulb 4" high tapering neck with a bulge just below slightly flaring rim. Attached crimped band near bottom neck. Extreme dome bottom. Probably Persian.

Label TextBOTTLE (ROSE-WATER SPINKLER) Persia 9th-10th Century A.D. Mold-blown and tooled glass. Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.6765 (GAnPe 66.6)Published ReferencesCorning, _Journal of Glass Studies I_, pg. 109, #12. Kunstmuseurrder Stadt Dusselforf, one similar & IV, pg. 142-143, #20, 9th or 10th century Persian, a similar one at Liege.