Western Asiatic Glass Bottle with Prunts

12TH-13TH CENTURY A.D.

6 1/8 in. (304 grams, 15.5 cm high).

Bell-shaped frosted glass vessel with flared neck and flange collar; applied trail detailing to the neck and mouth; applied trails to the shoulder in zigzag above groups of three prunts with blue glass ornament; two circumferential applied trails to the lower body with crenellated band between.

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.11973-210908.

Literature

Cf. similar though less elaborate example in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, under accession no.2005.318; see Whitehouse, D., Islamic Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass, Volume One, Vermont, 2010, p.221-222, for type.

CONDITION

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