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Carafe11th century

Not on view
Ancient mold-blown glass bottle with pale amber-yellow body, iridescent surface, relief scroll decoration, ribbed neck, and wide flat disk rim

Unknown, Carafe, 11th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Varya and Hans Cohn, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Carafe
Place Made
Probably Iran
Date Made
11th century
Medium
Glass, free-blown, engraved and cut
Dimensions
9 x 4 3/4 in. (22.9 x 12 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Varya and Hans Cohn
Accession Number
M.88.129.169
Classification
Glass
Collecting Area
Art of the Middle East: Islamic
Selected Bibliography
  • Saldern, Axel von. Glass 500 B.C. to A.D. 1900: The Hans Cohn Collection. Mainz: Philipp von Zabern, 1980.