Islamic blue glass sprinkler bottle

An image of Sprinkler Bottle. Unknown production, Shiraz. Long swan's neck with dropper lip on cupped top. Dark blue, semi-opaque glass, blown, with ribbed decoration (reeding), height, whole, 41.0 cm, diameter, whole, 11.0 cm, circa 1600-1800. Safavid (1501-1738). 17th-18th Century; Qajar (1779-1924); 18th-19th Century.

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Sprinkler Bottle. Unknown production, Shiraz. Long swan's neck with dropper lip on cupped top. Dark blue, semi-opaque glass, blown, with ribbed decoration (reeding), height, whole, 41.0 cm, diameter, whole, 11.0 cm, circa 1600-1800. Safavid (1501-1738). 17th-18th Century; Qajar (1779-1924); 18th-19th Century.

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Accession Number: MAR.C.154-1912
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/27.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Katie Young
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 680 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 175.96kB
Exposure time: 1/250
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 27/1

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blue bottle colour coloured dropper Fitz_AA glass glassware globe globular Islamic neck ribbed ribbing sprinkler bottle textural texture textured vessel

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