Glass Bottle with Faceted Decoration

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9th–10th century · Glass, colorless; blown, cut · Islamic Art

The shape of this bottle seems to have been popular in glass as well as metal and glazed pottery. Though it is hard to say which medium gave way to the other, this particular faceted variety with horizontal grooves marking the transitions between the different decorative sections of the vessel has especially close parallels in metal.

Artist

Unknown

Date

9th–10th century

Medium

Glass, colorless; blown, cut

Department

Islamic Art

Credit line

Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1965