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Asian Art
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18th–19th century
Glass; free blown, pale green
17 × 7.5 cm (6 11/16 × 2 15/16 in.)
Gift of Ambassador and Mrs. William Witman, II, B.A. 1935
1993.46.85
Geography:
Iran
Culture:
Iranian
Period:
Safavid (1501–173) – Qajar (1789–1925) period
Classification:
Containers - Glass
Provenance:
Ambassador William Witman, II (1914–1978) and Melpomene Fafalios Witman (1919–2006), Washington D.C.; given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 1993
Bibliography:
“Acquisitions and Gifts 1993,” Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (1994): 176.
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