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LOT 1321
Western Asiatic Glass Perfume Bottle
11TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.
3 5/8 in. (27.2 grams, 93 mm.).
Slender jar with applied disc base and gently flared neck with rolled rim, applied collar in bottle-green glass. [No Reserve]
Provenancewith a London, UK gallery 1971-early 2000s.
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.
Cf. Whitehouse, D., Islamic Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 2010, item 209, for a more ornate example of the type.
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