Name of Object:

Bottle-shaped vase

Location:

Le Bardo, Tunis, Tunisia

Holding Institution:

Musée National du Bardo

 About Higher Institute for the Study of Contemporary History of Tunisia, University of Manouba, Le Bardo, Tunis

Date of Object:

Late 18th century

Material(s) / Technique(s):

Terracotta

Dimensions:

H. 22 cm, Ø 28 cm

Provenance:

Qallaline

Description:

This nipple or bottle-shaped vase, with its central ring-shaped handle and turned-up base, resembles a closed coffin when seen from the side. Vases in this shape are very rare, and this particular one, which is decorated with the image of a great yellow and brown bird, was used for bottle-feeding infants.

Type of Object

Ceramics

Citation of this web page:

"Bottle-shaped vase " in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2026.
https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;tn;13;en

Translation by: Flaminia Baldwin

MWNF Working Number: TN 013