Biconical Bottle

Unknown

late 15th century · Glass · The Cloisters

This is an unusually small example of a bottle made of two cones merged together. While the vessel type was fairly common in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, its purpose is unclear.

Artist

Unknown

Date

late 15th century

Medium

Glass

Culture

German

Department

The Cloisters

Credit line

The Cloisters Collection, 2002