Bottle
Unknown Artist
probably 18th–19th century
Medium
Glass; mold blown, tooled on the pontil, cold-painted
Dimensions
H. 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm) Max. Diam. 3 9/16 in. (9.1 cm)
Classification
Glass
Department
Islamic Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1883
Accession Number
83.7.228
Art Historical Context
This elegant glass bottle, to the 18th or 19th century, the refined craftsmanship of Islamic. Standing at 9½ inches tall with a maximum of 3⅝ inches, it was created using mold-blown techniques where molten glass is blown into a patterned mold achieve textured designs, then tooled on the pontil rod used by glassblowers to shape the base. The addition of cold-painting, applied after the glass cooled, allowed for vibrant, durable colors without high-temperature firing, highlighting the artisans' skill in combining functionality with decoration. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Islamic ...