Swan-neck Bottle (Metropolitan Museum)

قارورة الرقبة البجعية (المتروبوليتان)

An Iranian glass bottle of swan-neck (ashkdan) type, once used to collect tears; 18th–19th century.

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An Iranian glass bottle with a swan-shaped neck, of the ashkdan type for collecting tears; eighteenth or nineteenth century. 1

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Arabesque· Girih· Hedwig glass· Islamic calligraphy· Islamic geometric patterns· Islamic lustreware· Kubachi ware· Mahmal

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islam.museum contributors. “Swan-neck Bottle (Metropolitan Museum)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/object/swan-neck-bottle-met/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-18.

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