Translucent Yellow-Green Bottle - AMD.67, Origin: Central Asia, Circa: 900 AD to 1100 AD, Dimensions: 6.9" , (17.5cm) high, Collection: Islamic Art, Style: Blown/Applied Decoration, Medium: Glass, This translucent yellow-green bottle is unworked and has a long cylindrical narrow neck, a squat globular body and a concave base. A trail wound spirals five times around the bottom of the neck. Trail-application was a common decorative technique in the Early Islamic period, a continuation, in fact, of the Classical-Byzantine tradition.
Antiquities Ancient Near East
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