A WHEEL-CUT EMERALD-GREEN GLASS BOTTLE

IRAN OR EGYPT, 11TH CENTURY

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A WHEEL-CUT EMERALD-GREEN GLASS BOTTLE
IRAN OR EGYPT, 11TH CENTURY
With spherical body and tall tubular neck on short foot, the body incised with two stepped bands of circles within hexagonal panels, each circle containing a small 'x' motif, a narrow band of cross-hatching above, the neck with bands of geometric motifs including squares, rectangles and polygons, repaired breaks, some restoration, surface with some iridescence
9in. (22.9cm.) high

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Lot Essay

The form of this bottle, its execution in deep coloured glass, and its decoration with wheel-cut designs are shared by a bottle in the Corning Museum of Glass (Stefano Carboni, Glass of the Sultans, New York, 2001, no.95, pp.190-91). Our bottle also closely relates to one formerly in the Madina Collection, sold in these Rooms, 12 October 2004, lot 46.

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