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Bottle with Carved Decoration9th-10th century

Not on view
Ceramic bottle-form vessel with spherical body and long cylindrical neck, covered in silvery iridescent glaze with molded geometric and medallion decoration in low relief

Unknown, Bottle with Carved Decoration, 9th-10th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Varya and Hans Cohn, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Bottle with Carved Decoration
Place Made
probably Iran
Date Made
9th-10th century
Medium
Glass, cut
Dimensions
Height: 5 3/8 in. (13.65 cm); Body diameter: 2 3/4 in. (6.99 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Varya and Hans Cohn
Accession Number
M.88.129.164
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.
  • Thomas, Nancy, and Constantina Oldknow, eds. By Judgment of the Eye: The Varya and Hans Cohn Collection. Los Angeles: Hans Cohn, 1991.