Bottle
MS4950
From: Israel | Nazareth (Israel)
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS4950 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Islamic |
| Provenience | Israel | Nazareth (Israel) |
| Period | Islamic Period |
| Date Made | 800-1199 CE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Glass |
| Technique | Blown |
| Description | Wine colored blown glass. Tear shaped body, footed base, long cylindrical neck. Delicate clear glass tooling at sides of body to base of neck ending at small handles. Handles like this may once have held rings. Bottle shape and type of tooling indicate Islamic work, 9th-12th century AD. |
| Height | 14.5 cm |
| Width | 6.1 cm |
| Depth | 4.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Fr. Vester and Company, American Colony Store, Jerusalem, 1913 |
| Other Number | GL17 (Ancient Glass Project) - Other Number | 1824 - Other Number |
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