拍品 147
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A NISHAPUR DIAMOND-CUT CLEAR GLASS BOTTLE

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A NISHAPUR DIAMOND-CUT CLEAR GLASS BOTTLE
NORTH EAST PERSIA, CIRCA 10TH CENTURY

With spherical body and tall tubular neck on short rounded foot, the body wheel-cut with a broad band of lozenges enclosing stellar motifs divided by cross-hatched triangular panels, a band of 'X' motifs above, the neck with three broad bands of wheel-cut vertical flutes, repaired, silvery iridescence
9¾in. (24.5cm.) high

拍品專文

This is a fine example of linear decoration rendered by cutting on the wheel. Decorative elements are often geometric as here. The inner surface of the grooved line was usually left unpolished. This type of vessel intended as a sprinkler, seems to have been developed in Iran around the 10th Century, where it is also found in silver.