Western Asiatic Glass Bottle

10TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.

3 1/4 in. (36 grams, 83 mm).

In iridescent glass with squat body and hexagonal-section mouth; dragged trail detailing.

Provenance

Ex collection M.W.A., Germany.
Acquired in 1996.
Private collection, Switzerland, by descent.

Literature

See Whitehouse, D., Sassanian and Post-Sassanian Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass, New York, 2005, for discussion.

CONDITION

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LOT 0244