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flask
Object Type
flask
Museum number
1913,0523.115
Description
Donkey-shaped flask, made of opaque glass (body and trails); so-called cage flask.
Cultures/periods
Umayyad dynasty
Production date
7thC-8thC
Production place
Made in:
Syria
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
Aleppo
Materials
glass
Technique
blown
applied
Dimensions
Height:
12 centimetres
(greatest height)
Width:
12 centimetres
(greatest width)
Depth:
6 centimetres
(greatest depth)
Bibliographic references
Tait 1991 / Five Thousand Years of Glass
(153)
Lamm 1929-1930 / Mittelalterliche Gläser und Steinschnittarbeiten aus dem Nahen Osten
(pl.20.29 and 23.4)
Akbarnia et al 2018 / The Islamic World: a History in Objects
(p.31, fig.5)
Location
On display
(G42/dc16)
Exhibition history
Exhibited: 2012 Nov Paris, Institut du Monde Arabe, 'Arabian Nights'
Subjects
horse/ass
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
E W Morgan & Co
Acquisition date
1913
Department
Middle East
Registration number
1913,0523.115