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Collections

Bottle11th-12th century

On view:
Geffen Galleries, Islamic Art and Late Antiquity
Ancient amber glass bottle with ribbed body, pronounced knop at the neck, flared mouth, and heavily weathered surface with rust-brown and green patina
Blown glass unguentarium with a ribbed ovoid body in olive green, a narrow neck, and flared mouth; surface shows heavy iridescent weathering and encrustation.
Title
Bottle
Place Made
Eastern Mediterranean
Date Made
11th-12th century
Medium
Glass, mold-blown and tooled, pontil on base
Dimensions
Height: 7 3/4 in. (19.68 cm)
Credit Line
The Madina Collection of Islamic Art, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2002.1.508
Classification
Glass
Collecting Area
Art of the Middle East: Islamic
Curatorial Notes

This bottle features fluted decoration along its body produced by blowing molten glass into a ribbed mold. As with many vessels made in the medieval Islamic world, it is difficult to say precisely what it was designed to contain. Related examples with tapering forms (see M.2002.1.477) were used to hold nonliquid cosmetics.

Selected 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.