Molar Flask
L-29-146
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | L-29-146 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Islamic |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Islamic Period |
| Date Made | 700-1099 CE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Glass |
| Technique | Cut |
| Description | Surface has patches of brown and white decomposition and is slightly pitted. Yellowish cut glass flask, standing on four diamond shaped legs, with facetted body. Whole made to suggest a cut diamond. Used for shipment of perfumes or liquid cosmetics. |
| Height | 6.6 cm |
| Length | 1.8 cm |
| Width | 2.3 cm |
| Other Number | 1929-6-393 - Philadelphia Museum of Art Number | GL09 (ancient glass project) - Other Number |
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