Lot Essay
For a similar footed cup see Stefano Carboni, Glass from Islamic Lands, London, 2001, cat. 69b., pp.264-5.
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PROPERTY FROM A PRINCELY COLLECTION
A FATIMID GLASS CUP AND TWO GLASS BOTTLES
PROBABLY EGYPT OR SYRIA, 9TH TO 10TH CENTURY
Details
A FATIMID GLASS CUP AND TWO GLASS BOTTLES
PROBABLY EGYPT OR SYRIA, 9TH TO 10TH CENTURY
The cup rounded with inverted rim, on four small feet made by tooling the base, the sides with eight circular medallions with central boss; one bottle of spherical form with everted foot and mouth, the body with diagonal ribs in shallow relief; the second bottle with short neck and body cut to form five sides with a central oval relief in the centre of each face and creating six short feet
The cup 1 5⁄8in. (4.2cm.) diam.; the first bottle 2in. (5.1cm.) high; the second 1 1⁄4in. (3.2cm.) high
PROBABLY EGYPT OR SYRIA, 9TH TO 10TH CENTURY
The cup rounded with inverted rim, on four small feet made by tooling the base, the sides with eight circular medallions with central boss; one bottle of spherical form with everted foot and mouth, the body with diagonal ribs in shallow relief; the second bottle with short neck and body cut to form five sides with a central oval relief in the centre of each face and creating six short feet
The cup 1 5⁄8in. (4.2cm.) diam.; the first bottle 2in. (5.1cm.) high; the second 1 1⁄4in. (3.2cm.) high
Provenance
Austrian Private Collection, by repute from F. R.Martin (1868-1933); sold Sotheby's, 7 October 2009, lot 81
Brought to you by
Barney Bartlett
Junior Specialist
For a similar footed cup see Stefano Carboni, Glass from Islamic Lands, London, 2001, cat. 69b., pp.264-5.