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Ewer10th century

Not on view
Ancient glass jug with pear-shaped body, pinched spout, and C-shaped handle, surface heavily iridescent with silvery, blue-green, and tan flaking patina and faint painted decoration
Title
Ewer
Place Made
Iran
Date Made
10th century
Medium
Glass, free-blown, cut and engraved decoration
Dimensions
6 3/4 x 4 7/8 in. (17.2 x 12.4 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Varya and Hans Cohn
Accession Number
M.88.129.153
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.

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