- Title
- Bottle
- Date Made
- 8th-9th century
- Medium
- Free-blown and tooled, with applied and trailed thread decoration
- Dimensions
- Height: 3 15/16 in. (10 cm)
- Accession Number
- M.2002.1.498
- Collecting Area
- Art of the Middle East: Islamic
- Curatorial Notes
Glassmaking, one of many crafts that flourished in the lands that would form the early Islamic empire in the mid-seventh through the eighth century, persisted under the new faith and leadership. Even beyond this transitional period, some glass forms and techniques continued to be practiced, as with this small bottle. Here, the amber-colored glass is enlivened by the trailed zigzag design across its center, elevating a functional object into something with strong aesthetic and tactile qualities. While it is not possible to say how this vessel was used, it must have been a popular type of bottle to judge by the large number of surviving examples, including several others in LACMA’s collection (see M.88.129.96, M.2002.1.499, and M.2002.1.497).
2024
