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LOT 0256

Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,053

LARGE WESTERN ASIATIC PIRIFORM GLASS JUG WITH IRIDESCENCE
7TH-9TH CENTURY A.D.
9 1/4 in. (180 grams, 23.3 cm).

Tall piriform body with applied basal ring and dimpled base, applied trails to neck, dished piriform mouth with strap handle and thumb-pad.

PROVENANCE:
Sotheby's, Islamic Art, London 28 March 1994, no.61.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

CONDITION
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