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Bottle

1100 - 1300 CE

The Museum of Islamic Art, Qatar

The Museum of Islamic Art, Qatar
Doha, Qatar

Probably influenced by Seljuq ceramic bottles of the 11th century CE, finely blown globular bottles with long necks became a common product of Iranian glassmakers during the 12th and 13th centuries CE. This pale-green, mould-blown glass bottle is of globular shape. It has a long narrowing neck with an opening of a flared, round mouth. The bottle is decorated in a honeycomb pattern that covers the entire body and ends abruptly near the base of the neck. The motif of honeycomb pattern was already widespread on Sasanian models in Iran and Mesopotamia and continued to be popular as a decorative element in Iranian glass production in particular.

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  • Title: Bottle
  • Date Created: 1100 - 1300 CE
  • Location Created: Iran
  • Type: Bottle
  • Rights: © The Museum of Islamic Art, Doha
  • Medium: Glass
  • Text Credit: Simone Struth
  • Size: H31.1 x Dia.17.2 cm
  • Period: 11th century
  • Object ID: GL.218.2004
  • Image Credit: Chrysovalantis Arsenios Lamprianidis
The Museum of Islamic Art, Qatar

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