Bottle

Art Historical Context

This elegant earthenware bottle, crafted by an unknown artist in the th or 18th century, the refined ceramics of the Islamic world. Standing just 7¾ inches tall with a diameter of 5⅛ inches, its modest scale suggests it served practical purposes—perhaps for storing oils, perfumes, or spices—while doubling as a decorative household object. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Art Department, it entered the collection in 1891 through the bequest of Edward C., a pioneering collector of global antiquities. The use of glazed earthenware highlights a hallmark technique in Islamic pottery prod...