Wide Islamic Bottle
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Wide Islamic Bottle 2019-08-13
Name/Title
Wide Islamic BottleEntry/Object ID
11NE-Mi21-159Description
The rim is thick and rounded. The top part of the neck is cylindrical which widens towards its junction with the lenticular body which has an irregular piriform shape. The base is irregular, it is concave and only touches the ground at its widest two sides, there is also a pontil mark present. The vessel is intact with iridescence and light encrustation.Use
Serving VesselContext
Originally thought to be from the fourth to ninth centuries CE for its utilitarian style, the shape of this vessel is actually known from seventeenth century CE Safavid paintings by Muhammad Zaman. The plain piriform or globular bottles with long narrow necks and bulging or straight openings found in Zaman’s paintings can confidently be traced to the workshops of Isfahan or Shiraz. Based on paintings from Isfahan in the seventeenth century CE, now located in the Israel Museum, this vessel was likely used to serve wine, demonstrated in the painting titled "Young Woman Holding a Flask" by an unknown artist. Many of the paintings show the vessel in different contexts such as scenes of victory, political negotiations, family gatherings, and portraits. Therefore, these vessels served a practical purpose and were not used for specific occasions.Made/Created
Date made
1600 CE - 1700 CETime Period
Ottoman EmpireEthnography
Culture/Tribe
Near Eastern - Islamic