Lot 140
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A CALLIGRAPHIC OPAQUE BLUE-GLASS BOWL
A CALLIGRAPHIC OPAQUE BLUE-GLASS BOWL

PROBABLY EUROPE AND INDIA, 19TH CENTURY

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A CALLIGRAPHIC OPAQUE BLUE-GLASS BOWL
PROBABLY EUROPE AND INDIA, 19TH CENTURY
The faceted wheel-cut glass probably of European manufacture and later engraved in India, with dense naskh script organized in concentric friezes, the centre inscribed with Muhammad, the bowl inscribed with numerous suras
5 3/8in. (13.6cm.) diam.

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Lot Essay

A similar bowl is in the Al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait (Glass from Islamic Lands, London, 2001, cat.108c). It is decorated with the same verses from the Qur'an and attributed to Northern India on the basis that it was reportedly found in New Delhi. The glass and the cutting technique suggest an English, or European origin for the bowl.

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