1.3.02026-10-25sphero-conical vessel, granater!, kärlRådata3007150objektStatens museer för världskultur - MedelhavsmuseetSMVK-MMFöremålhttp://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/3007150MM 10083, E.S.83A vessel with a pear-shaped body, tapering to a conical lower termination and an applied circumscribing ring on the shoulder. The vessel has a thick wall and a narrow opening on the top. Black coated with an exterior relief decoration. It features, fruit or floral motifs incised with a horseshoe shaped implement.The function of this particular type of vessel is unknown, but many possible functions have been proposed, including fire-blowers (aeolipiles), grenades, flasks, lamps, loom-weights and architectural ornaments., MM 10083, Gift by Dr O Smith 16 June 1933. Previously on loan since 1928., Fragmentary, rim is missing., H. 10.8cm., Max.Ø. 8.3cm., rim Ø. not extant., On loan 1928-1933 from the donor, Fehérvári, Islamic Pottery, p.115 An identical vessel exists in the Iraqi Museum, Bagdad, (IM 28739) Wilkinson, Nishapur, Pottery of the Early Islamic Period, p.353 Wiet?, Lampes en verre é mailleé, BIE XIV, 117 ff., 4 pl.I Lane, Early Islamic Pottery, p.27 Saldern, Gläser der Antike, no.745-746 Ettinghausen, JNES, 24, 1965, p.218ff., Islamisk period [?], Egypt, Ådahl, Karin (1997) "Seven Sphero-conical Vessels in Stockholm" in Medelhavsmuseet Bulletin no 30 (1997), p. 55-72.FörvärvadSmith, OttoBrukadIslamic Period [?]FunnenAfrika, Egyptenimage/jpeghttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/tn/3737928/representationhttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/zoom/3737929/representationhttp://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#byLjungkvist, AndersStatens museer för världskulturhttp://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/Photograph/3908159http://libris.kb.se/bib/3762418http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/name/1471739http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/html/3007150http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/xml/3007150http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/rdf/3007150