2012
Gold Perfume Flask
Museum of Islamic Art
- Title:
- Gold Perfume Flask
- Production place:
- Syria
- Date:
- 1000 - 1199
- Period:
- Fatimid
- Title:
- Gold Perfume Flask
- Production place:
- Syria
- Date:
- 1000 - 1199
- Period:
- Fatimid
- Material:
- Gold
- Technique:
- Casting, Granulation, Filigree, Soldering
- Dimensions:
- 7.5 × 4 cm
- Diameter:
- 3.5 cm
This little gold flask is decorated with a bold geometric pattern using the granular technique of small beads of gold arranged in a design with tiny gold rings. Two handles were attached to the sides of the body and lid.
Used as a perfume container, this finely decorated gold flask was probably made in Fatimid Syria or Seljuq Iran during the 5th or 6th century AH/11th or 12th century CE.
