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Gold Perfume Flask

1000 - 1200 CE

The Museum of Islamic Art, Qatar

The Museum of Islamic Art, Qatar
Doha, Qatar

This little gold flask is a fine example of an early Islamic luxury object. It is decorated with a bold geometric pattern using the granular technique of small beads of gold arranged in a design with tiny gold rings. Two handles were attached to the sides of the body and lid.
Used as a perfume container, this finely decorated gold flask was probably made in Fatimid Syria or Seljuq Iran during the 11th or 12th century CE.

Details

  • Title: Gold Perfume Flask
  • Date Created: 1000 - 1200 CE
  • Location Created: Syria or Iran
  • Type: Perfume Flask
  • Rights: © The Museum of Islamic Art, Doha
  • Medium: Gold
  • Text Credit: Simone Struth
  • Size: H7.5 x W4 x Dia.3.5 cm
  • Period: 11th century
  • Object ID: JE.142.2003
  • Image Credit: Nicolas Ferrando

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