Bottle

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Bottle

Egypt, 11th-12th century
Glass
Glass, mold-blown and tooled; free-blown and tooled
Height: 5 1/16 in. (12.85 cm)
The Madina Collection of Islamic Art, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost (M.2002.1.477)
Not currently on public view

Curator Notes

This bottle features fluted decoration along its body produced by blowing molten glass into a ribbed mold....
This bottle features fluted decoration along its body produced by blowing molten glass into a ribbed mold. Its tapering form represents a type that was designed to hold nonliquid cosmetics like kohl, a mixture of lead or charcoal combined with oils and used since ancient times as eyeliner.
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Bibliography

  • Lo Terrenal y lo Divino: Arte Islámico siglos VII al XIX Colección del Museo de Arte del Condado de Los Ángeles. Santiago: Centro Cultural La Moneda, 2015.

  • Komaroff, Linda. Beauty and Identity: Islamic Art from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2016.