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Perfume bottle (qumqum)
Perfume bottle (qumqum)

Perfume bottle (qumqum)

12th–13th century A.D.
Medium/TechniqueGlass, free-blown and tooled with applied decoration
DimensionsHeight: 10.4 cm (4 1/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Frederick L. Jack
Accession number35.1446
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsGlass
Collections
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Frederick L. Jack Collection; gift of Frederick L. Jack to MFA, April 18, 1935
Jug
3rd–4th century A.D.
Bottle
9th–10th century A.D.
Group shot:  97.233, 18.273, 29.971, 30.215
9th–10th century A.D.
Bottle
9th–10th century A.D.
Bottle
7th–8th century A.D.
Bottle with vertical indentations
3rd–4th century A.D.
Group shot: 94.197, 94.134, 72.459, 94.196, 93.135, 72.449, 97.233, 88.326, 93.51, 97.238, 97.2…
3rd–4th century A.D.
Bottle with flattened sides
Probably 3rd–4th century A.D.