Shallow Bowl

Object Details

• Label

  This bowl belongs to a type of shallow glass vessel produced in Mesopotamia and Iran in the sixth and seventh centuries, the later part of the Sasanian period (ca. 224-651). The thick walls of this group of bowls suggest that they were made by blowing hot glass into open molds, followed by fire-polishing of the rims and cold-working to create the faceted exterior walls. This Sasanian tradition of cut glass was highly prized in the Sasanian Empire and among its eastern neighbors.

• Collection

  Arthur M. Sackler Collection

• Origin

  Iran

• Credit Line

  Gift of Arthur M. Sackler

• Type

  Vessel

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  700s, 500s

• Topic

  Art, Ancient Near Eastern Art, Sasanian period (ca. 224 - 651), Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE), Glassblowing

• Culture

  Iranians, Middle Easterners

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)