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Asian Art
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9th–10th century
Glass; coil decoration
2 3/8 in. (6.1 cm)
Bequest of Florence Baiz van Volkenburgh in memory of her husband Thomas Sedgwick van Volkenburgh, B.A. 1866
1940.283
Geography:
Possibly Iran
Possibly Iraq
Culture:
Iranian or Iraqi
Period:
Abbasid period (750–1258)
Classification:
Containers - Glass
Provenance:
Florence Baiz van Volkenburgh (died 1940), New York; bequest to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 1940
Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.
