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Flask9th-10th century

Not on view
Ancient glass vessel with a round, squat body and tall cylindrical neck with raised horizontal ridges, surface heavily weathered with white mineral deposits and pitting

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

Title
Flask
Place Made
Iran or Iraq
Date Made
9th-10th century
Medium
Glass, mold-blown, facet-cut
Dimensions
8 x 4 1/8 in. (20.3 x 10.5 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Varya and Hans Cohn
Accession Number
M.88.129.159
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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