Keywords
Glass
Early Islamic Period
Ödemiş Museum
Islamic Glass
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Abstract
One of the most interesting types of glass
objects produced in the Islamic period is molar flasks
undoubtedly. Due to the rectangular prismatic form
and the pointed protrusions extending from the four
corners of its base, the molar flask is called with this
name since it resembles the root of the molar tooth,
and it is among the common productions of the Early
Islamic period. Because of their small size and narrow
volumes, these flasks are considered to have been designed for the purpose of containing precious cosmetics, primarily perfumes. Molar flasks spread over a
wide area of the Islamic world, mainly Egypt, which is
thought to be the main production site. The molar
flask in the Ödemiş Museum is broken and deficient
in the neck and also quite worn. This flask was made
of a translucent glass whose color is very light yellowish green and produced with the mould-blown method, and all the four sides of this flask was decorated
with a geometric-style adornment made by using the
facet-cut technique. This sample, which was recorded
to be situated around Merzifon, dated back to a period
between the late 9th and the late 11th centuries A.D. in
consideration of its close equivalents in terms of color,
size and decoration and also production technique.
This flask, which is one of the rare examples found
within the borders of Turkey, is considered to be imported from the Eastern Mediterranean region under
the influence of Islam. In the article, in the context of
this flask in the Ödemiş Museum, the topics such as
the production technique, form, decoration, color,
function, production center and origin of the molar
flasks are addressed in detail.
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