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Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Bottle
(Islamic World )
In Arab countries and Muslim realms in the Mediterranean region, artistic innovation flourished in the 9th-14th centuries. Glassmakers fashioned bottles, including those used to store and sprinkle perfume, such as this one, from glass that they manipulated into feather patterns or painted with enamels and gold.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Weschler's Fine Art Auctioneers, Washington, D.C.; Laura T. Schneider, by purchase at Weschler's, June 10-12 auction {date unknown] through 1999; Walters Art Museum, 1999, by gift.
Geographies
Syria (Place of Origin)
Measurements
6 x 3 1/2 in. (15.24 x 8.89 cm) approx.
Credit Line
Gift of Ms. Laura T. Schneider, 1999
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
47.713