Bottle Maker: Unknown

12th Century CE

Asian Art

On view, 2nd floor, Asian Art

The white lines on this blue glass vessel were added with a marver (a stone or iron implement), which was used in a rotating motion to integrate the white onto the blown blue surface. Adopted from Roman glassmaking techniques, this method was popular in Egypt and Syria from the seventh to the fourteenth century.

Medium

Glass, free blown, with marvered and applied decoration

Dimensions

6 5/16 × 3 1/8 in. (16 × 8 cm)

Credit Line

Hobart and Edward Small Moore Memorial Collection, Bequest of Mrs. William H. Moore

Accession Number

1955.6.255

Geography

Syria

Culture

Syrian, Islamic

Period

Syria, Seljuk period (1037–1194)

Classification

Containers

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Provenance
Kouchakji Freres sales catalog 1927; Bequest of Mrs. William H. Moore (1858–1955), New York; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.; Bequest of Mrs. William H. Moore (1858–1955), New York; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
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bottles

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