IRAN, CIRCA 9TH/10TH CENTURY

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A WHEEL-CUT COBALT BLUE GLASS BOTTLE
Iran, circa 9th/10th century
With cylindrical body rising to a domed shoulder and flaring conical neck, the body cut with a band of vertical arched panels, a band of facets below, cut rounded facets around the shoulder, the neck with a band of vertical facets, the underside with a circle, areas of white and polychrome iridescence, part of original surface surviving, intact
5¾in. (14.7cm.) high

Provenance

Hans Cohn Collection

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Lot Essay

A number of bottles of the same form as the present example are known, the vast majority of which are in colourless glass (Jenkins, Marilyn: "Islamic Glass, a Brief History", Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Glass, Fall 1986, no.32, p.31 or Carboni, Stefano: Glass from Islamic Lands, London, 2001, no.23a, pp.92-3 for example). Many fewer blue glass examples have survived; it is very unusual indeed to be able to offer two in the same sale. The blue colour is very similar to that which is also used for the larger bottle mentioned in the note to the following lot and indicates an Iranian origin.

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