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Asian Art
Public domain

Unguent Bowl

12th–13th century CE

Sapphire blue glass

2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm)
Hobart and Edward Small Moore Memorial Collection, Bequest of Mrs. William H. Moore
1955.6.225
Geography: 
Made in Iran
Status: 
Not on view
Culture: 
Iranian/Persian, Islamic
Period: 
Seljuk period (1037–1194), Ilkhanid period (1256–1353)
Classification: 
Containers - Glass
Provenance: 

Found at Rayy, Persia; Bequest of Mrs. William H. Moore (1858–1955), New York; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

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