Cosmetic bottle, Islamic, Arabic culture. Thick-walled blue glass vessel with one convex band decorated with fine horizontal grooves, flat arms, heavily carved base with four feet, and wheel-cut decoration. 9th–11th century, Egypt. Height 4.1 cm; width 1.7 cm., A translucent aqua-blue glass object with a symmetrical, ridged profile centered against a light gray background, showing textured surfaces and irregular edges, a darker bluish core visible through the glass, a few tiny air bubbles and surface imperfections, and subtle areas of darker greenish-blue and faint brownish spots near the lower section.
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Cosmetic bottle, Islamic, Arabic culture. Thick-walled blue glass vessel with one convex band decorated with fine horizontal grooves, flat arms, heavily carved base with four feet, and wheel-cut decoration. 9th–11th century, Egypt. Height 4.1 cm; width 1.7 cm., A translucent aqua-blue glass object with a symmetrical, ridged profile centered against a light gray background, showing textured surfaces and irregular edges, a darker bluish core visible through the glass, a few tiny air bubbles and surface imperfections, and subtle areas of darker greenish-blue and faint brownish spots near the lower section.

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Cosmetic bottle Islamic Arabic culture Thick-walled blue glass vessel convex band decorated fine horizontal grooves flat arms heavily carved base four feet wheel-cut decoration 9th–11th century Egypt Height 4.1 cm width 1.7 cm translucent aqua-blue glass object symmetrical ridged profile centered light gray background showing textured surfaces irregular edges darker bluish core visible glass tiny air bubbles surface imperfections subtle areas darker greenish-blue faint brownish spots near lower section.

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