A FINE MOULDED BOTTLE

SELJUK PERSIA, EARLY 13TH CENTURY

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A FINE MOULDED BOTTLE
SELJUK PERSIA, EARLY 13TH CENTURY
Of pear shape on short trumpet foot, short tubular neck with knop below mouth, the body carved in high relief with seated figures of musicians and courtiers within ogival shaped cartouches separated from one another by vase-shaped columns, a band of spiralling palmettes below, the shoulder with plain moulded band, rising to a similar band of palmettes above, small area of restoration, silvery irridescence, mouth possibly associated
10½in. (27cm.) high

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