Type of object: Tool
Accession
number: 2002.348 Inventory
number: MR 01
Object: Bangles
(3) (curi)
Material/technique: Glass
/ hand-blown
Origin/Period: Afghanistan,
Herat / 20th
C.
Brief description: Three
round bangles, blue, brown and green glass, used in silk spinning.
Herati glassware.
Measurements: Dia.
6 cm W. 2.2 cm Weight 2 at 15 g; 1 at 19 g
Condition: Good
Reference: Reut,
M. (1973): Le
vert soufflé de Hérat,
in: Studia Iranica, 2/1 p. 97-111
Provenance:
Bought in Herat by Dr. Reut in 1967 from the glass-blowing workshop
of Mr. Zabihullah.
Donated by:: Dr.
Marguerite Reut, Berne, Switzerland, 2002
Photograph:
Type of object: Vessel
Accession
number: 2002.349 Inventory
number: MR 02
Object: Bowl
(nimkâsa)
Material/technique: Glass
/ hand-blown
Origin/Period: Afghanistan,
Herat / 20th
C.
Brief description: Small
round bulbous blue glass bowl on flat base. Herati glassware.
Measurements: Dia.
11 cm (body) H. 6 cm Weight 67 g
Condition: Crack
around bowl
Reference: Reut,
M. (1973): Le
vert soufflé de Hérat,
in: Studia Iranica, 2/1 p. 97-111
Provenance:
Bought in Herat by Dr. Reut in 1967 from the glass-blowing workshop
of Mr. Zabihullah.
Donated by:: Dr.
Marguerite Reut, Berne, Switzerland, 2002
Photograph:
Type of object: Tool
Accession
number: 2002.350 Inventory
number: MR 03
Object: Beads
(mura)
Material/technique: Glass
/ hand-blown
Origin/Period: Afghanistan,
Herat / 20th
C.
Brief description: Glass
beads of blue, brown and yellow color, used as weights for silk
spinning and weaving. Herati glassware.
Measurements: Dia.
10-16 mm H. 8-11 mm
Condition: As
new, some beads melted together
Reference: Reut,
M. (1973): Le
vert soufflé de Hérat,
in: Studia Iranica, 2/1 p. 97-111
Provenance:
Bought in Herat by Dr. Reut in 1967 from the glass-blowing workshop
of Mr. Zabihullah.
Donated by:: Dr.
Marguerite Reut, Berne, Switzerland, 2002
Photograph:
Type of object: Medical
utensil
Accession number: 2002.351
(2005.1116) Inventory
number: MR 04
(05)
(by
mistake this item was catalogued twice under two different numbers)
Object: Beaker
(chashmshu’i)
Material/technique: Glass
/ hand-blown
Origin/Period: Afghanistan,
Herat / 20th
C.
Brief description: Small
round bulbous blue glass beaker on high, stemmed base. Traditionally
used to administer eye drops. Herati glassware.
Measurements: Dia.
5 cm (body) H. 8 cm Weight 102 g
Condition: Good
Reference: Reut,
M. (1973): Le
vert soufflé de Hérat,
in: Studia Iranica, 2/1 p. 97-111
Provenance:
Bought in Herat by Dr. Reut in 1967 from the glass-blowing workshop
of Mr. Zabihullah.
Donated by:: Dr.
Marguerite Reut, Berne, Switzerland, 2002
Photograph:
Copyright
© - Photo/Text: Stiftung Foundation Bibliotheca Afghanica -
Afghanistan Museum, Carla Grissmann, 2005
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