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Asian Art
Two “Molar” Flasks
8th–9th century
Glass; incised
2 in. (5.1 cm)
Hobart and Edward Small Moore Memorial Collection, Bequest of Mrs. William H. Moore
1955.6.168a-b
Geography:
Iran
Culture:
Iranian
Period:
Abbasid period (750–1258)
Classification:
Containers - Glass
Provenance:
Acquired by by Ada Small Moore (1858–1955), New York; bequest to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 1955
Bibliography:
Gustavus A. Eisen, Glass: Its Origin, History, Chronology, Technic and Classification to the Sixteenth Century, 2 vols. (New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1927), vol. 2, p. 583, fig. 235.
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.