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Saddle flask

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Tall ceramic sculpture with a ribbed cylindrical base, two columnar struts framing an open void, and a rounded arch handle at the top, covered in cracked and peeling white glaze over a dark clay body

Unknown, Saddle flask, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Varya and Hans Cohn, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Saddle flask
Place Made
Syria-Palestine
Medium
Thread decor glass
Dimensions
9 1/4 x 2 3/8 in. (23.5 x 6 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Varya and Hans Cohn
Accession Number
M.88.129.104
Classification
Tools and Equipment
Collecting Area
Art of the Middle East: Ancient
Selected Bibliography
  • Saldern, Axel von. Glass 500 B.C. to A.D. 1900: The Hans Cohn Collection. Mainz: Philipp von Zabern, 1980.