Perfume sprinkler (qumqum)

Perfume sprinkler (qumqum)

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Perfume sprinkler (qumqum)
CultureSyrian
Titles
  • Perfume sprinkler (qumqum)
Date13th century
MediumGlass; blown, marvered, applied, tooled and worked on the pontil
Dimensions4 3/8 × 3 × 1 3/8in. (11.1 × 7.6 × 3.5cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number70.108
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
113 Islamic Art Gallery
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Department
Art of the Islamic Worlds
Object Type
ProvenanceRay Winfield Smith, Houston; purchased by MFAH, 1970.

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