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bottle
Object Type
bottle
Museum number
FBIs.13
Description
Rock crystal bottle; small and cylindrical in form, engraved around the centre of the body with an Arabic inscription; set in a later European nielloed silver mount.
Cultures/periods
Fatimid dynasty
(bottle)
Production date
10thC-11thC
(bottle)
15thC
(mount)
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
Egypt
Found/Acquired:
Europe
(?)
Materials
rock crystal
silver
niello
Technique
nielloed
Dimensions
Height:
9 centimetres
(with mounts)
Width:
2.50 centimetres
Depth:
2 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Cited as one of several parallels known for a bottle attributed a 9th-10th century date in Corning (1955.1.119; cf. cf. David Whitehouse, 2010: 'Catalogue of the Islamic Glass in Corning, Volume 1', Corning, p.220, cat.368).
Bibliographic references
Lamm 1929-1930 / Mittelalterliche Gläser und Steinschnittarbeiten aus dem Nahen Osten
(pl.68.14)
Shalem 1996 / Islam Christianized: Islamic Portable Objects in the Medieval Church Treasuries of the Latin West
(10)
Location
On display
(G42/dc3)
Acquisition name
Bequeathed by:
Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks
Department
Middle East
Registration number
FBIs.13
Additional IDs
Miscellaneous number:
AF.3129
Miscellaneous number:
FBInd.13