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Estimate
GBP (£) 8,000 - 10,000
EUR (€) 9,250 - 11,560
USD ($) 10,160 - 12,700
£4,000 (EUR 4,623; USD 5,078) (+bp*)
9TH CENTURY A.D.
3 1/2 in. (201 grams, 89 mm wide).
Olive-coloured squat glass vessel with rounded rim; applied glass trails to the sidewall, the lower ones dragged; dimple to the underside.
PROVENANCE:
Acquired in the 1980s.
with Christopher Sheppard, London, UK.
Acquired from the above in 2007.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11972-210907.
LITERATURE:
Cf. Oliver, A., Ancient Glass in the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, 1980, item 254, for similar form lacking the dragged trails; see also Christie's, Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds, 6 April 2008, lot 50, sold for £132,500.
