This item has been added to the Database within the Explore Islamic Art Collections project. Information is available in:English, Arabic. Name of Object:Blue glass bottle with wheel-cut decoration Location:Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (Sharjah) Holding Museum:Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilisation About Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilisation, Sharjah Date of Object:Hegira 4th – 5th century / AD 10th – 11th century Museum Inventory Number:SM 2006 - 1051 Period / Dynasty:Abbasid Provenance:Iraq or Western Iran Description:This blue bottle has a facetted neck and a honey-comb-patterned body, accentuated by a stepped shoulder and base. The striking allover pattern was achieved by grinding out the slightly concave cavities with a specially designed cutting wheel. Vessels with this type of wheel-cut decoration mark continue pre-Islamic traditions. Citation of this web page:"Blue glass bottle with wheel-cut decoration" in Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum With No Frontiers, 2024. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;ua;Mus21;36;en
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