Perfume Sprinkler (Qumqum). Dimensions: H. 10 1/4 in. (26 cm)W. 5 1/4 in. (13.4 cm)D. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm)Wt. 5.5 oz. (155.9 g). Date: 11th-mid-13th century.This long-necked glass bottle with a ring-shaped body would have been used for disseminating rosewater or another aromatic substance mixed with water. Rosewater was used for cooking and as a perfume to be sprinkled on guests at the end of a meal. The production of such sprinklers in Syria from the late eleventh to the mid-thirteenth century reflects another aspect of courtly manners in which attractiveness in all its forms was prized. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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Perfume Sprinkler (Qumqum). Dimensions: H. 10 1/4 in. (26 cm)W. 5 1/4 in. (13.4 cm)D. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm)Wt. 5.5 oz. (155.9 g). Date: 11th-mid-13th century.This long-necked glass bottle with a ring-shaped body would have been used for disseminating rosewater or another aromatic substance mixed with water. Rosewater was used for cooking and as a perfume to be sprinkled on guests at the end of a meal. The production of such sprinklers in Syria from the late eleventh to the mid-thirteenth century reflects another aspect of courtly manners in which attractiveness in all its forms was prized. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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