Western Asiatic Opaque Glass Vessel

9TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.

4 1/8 in. (5 1/4 in.) (28.5 grams, 10.6 cm (91.1 grams total, 13.2 cm including stand)).

Piriform body and funicular neck; accompanied by a custom-made display stand.

Provenance

From an important London, UK, collection 1980-2020.

Literature

Cf. Kunstmuseum Luzern, 3000 Jahre Glaskunst, Luzern, 1981, no.576, p.132, for the type of flask.

Footnotes

These small flasks are typical in shape and dimensions, produced by the Egyptian or Syrian workshops of the Fatimid Empire. They were realised in ultramarine blue, slightly translucent glass, free-blown, and with a snapped-off base.

CONDITION

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LOT 1609