Author
unknown
Author Original
مجهول
Publication Date
Thirteenth - fourteenth century AD
Publication Place
-
Khninko Museum
Subject
Glass, colorless, green tinted, blown, enamelled and camouflaged — Unidentified
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
الارتفاع : 16 سم
Library
Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID
1344 БВ
Record ID
object;EPM;uc;Mus21;43;ar
Library Location
Khninko Museum
Date
Thirteenth - fourteenth century AD
Notes
The body of this perfume bottle or sprayer is made by flattening a glass ball by blowing the ball and then pulling the long, thin neck. On both sides of the body there are large bas-relief inscriptions in Arabic, added in blue enamel on a gold background: “King is just and glory be to his victory.” The inscriptions are framed by a decoration with green trifoliates. It is believed that the shape of the bowl is of Syrian origin from the twelfth century. The twelfth and thirteenth centuries witnessed the flowering of a new decoration, namely enameling and gold camouflage. Historians mention Aleppo and Damascus as pioneer centers of this art and at the same time as a school for the use of perfumes and aromatic substances by preserving them in glass bottles that came to the Islamic world a long time ago. From ancient history. In medieval Islamic culture, substances such as musk, amber, sandalwood or aloes were used not only as perfumes but as cooking ingredients, medicines and aphrodisiacs. In terms of concentration and value, these materials formed the basis of the mixture when they were dissolved in water in similar bottles or sprayers. Although the spray can contain all the different types of materials, it most often contained rose water. It is clear that the Islamic civilization invented rose water by heating fresh rose petals in intense aromatic steam. In addition to being used as a flavoring agent in cooking, rose water was also used at certain stages in the process of serving and eating food. For example, when guests were finishing their meals, it was served to them to wash their hands and mouths with a saline solution infused with rose water, or servants could walk around. Guests can spray their clothes with the refreshing fragrant liquid.
Sample Text
“Perfume Sprayer (Perfume Bottle)” within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;uc;Mus21;43;ar
