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Bottle with Spiraled and Zigzag Trails

Unknown Artist

Both the unusual shape of this small bottle and the applied decoration in contrasting color suggest that it was inspired by earlier models.

Credit: H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929

13th century
Glass, colorless; blown, applied ring foot, applied blue decoration
12.1cm
29.100.87
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019

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