Lot Essay
A similar bottle, now in the Benaki Museum, Athens, was found with a steatite base inscribed in kufic indicating it was intended for Kohl.
Important Islamic, Indian, Himalayan and South East Asian Art, Christie, Manson & Woods, 24th April, 1990, lot 473 for a bottle with similar filigree gold cover sold in these rooms.
Kröger, J.: Glas, in Islamische Kunst Bd.I, Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Museum für Islamische Kunst, Mainz, 1984. no.36 (h.19.5cm) for a similar bottle in blue-violet glass.
Important Islamic, Indian, Himalayan and South East Asian Art, Christie, Manson & Woods, 24th April, 1990, lot 473 for a bottle with similar filigree gold cover sold in these rooms.
Kröger, J.: Glas, in Islamische Kunst Bd.I, Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Museum für Islamische Kunst, Mainz, 1984. no.36 (h.19.5cm) for a similar bottle in blue-violet glass.