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AN EARLY ISLAMIC MARVERED BLUE GLASS BOTTLE
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AN EARLY ISLAMIC MARVERED BLUE GLASS BOTTLE

SYRIA OR EGYPT, 9TH CENTURY

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AN EARLY ISLAMIC MARVERED BLUE GLASS BOTTLE
Syria or Egypt, 9th century
The cobalt-blue body of square section cylindrical form with rounded shoulder, the neck formed of swelling bands of glass, the body trailed, combed and marvered with white swagged decoration, intact
2 3/8in. (6cm.) high
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Lot Essay

A very similar cobalt-blue bottle with white trailed and marvered decoration was excavated at Fustat in a site associated with pre-Tulunid construction for which a 9th century date is proposed (Pinder-Wilson, Ralph and Scanlon, George: Fustat Glass of the Early Islamic Period, London, 2001, no.44a, pp.106-7).

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