Lot Essay
Cf. S. Carboni, Glass from Islamic Lands, London, 2001, pp. 174-175, no. 42 for fragmentary beaker from the Kofler-Truniger collection with similar pseudocalligraphic decoration.
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10TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
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AN EARLY ISLAMIC GREEN GLASS JUG
10TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
The piriform body with trailed pseudocalligraphic decoration, applied blue and aubergine blobs above, an everted flange at base of neck with blue trail below, pinched spout with blue trail around the rim, on tubular ring foot, pontil mark on base
8¼ in. (21 cm.) high
10TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
The piriform body with trailed pseudocalligraphic decoration, applied blue and aubergine blobs above, an everted flange at base of neck with blue trail below, pinched spout with blue trail around the rim, on tubular ring foot, pontil mark on base
8¼ in. (21 cm.) high
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