A COLLECTION OF FIVE ISLAMIC GLASS VESSELS

A COLLECTION OF FOUR ISLAMIC GLASS VESSELS

IRAN AND EGYPT, 8TH-11TH CENTURY

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A COLLECTION OF FOUR ISLAMIC GLASS VESSELS
IRAN AND EGYPT, 8TH-11TH CENTURY
Comprising a wheel-cut clear glass fish flask, probably from Egypt, with geometric and palmette decoration, repaired breaks; a long faceted bottle with tubular neck; two drop-shaped bottles with protruding facets, intact; each iridescent
The largest bottle 4in. (10.2cm.) high (5)

Sale room notice

Please note that this lot comprises four flasks only, all illustrated, and not five as printed in your catalogue.

Lot Essay

A closely related flask in the shape of a fish is published in David Whitehouse, Islamic Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass, New York, 2010, cat.217., p.132, where it is noted that objects of this type were made in Egypt, and probably elsewhere, in a variety of media.

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