Lot Essay
This carved rock-crystal object may once have served as a sword pommel or possibly as a sceptre head. The protruding lug on its underside is only fragmentary, but seems to have once contained a conical opening. Once set into an object of another material, this may have served as a socket for a locking pin.
Stylistically this item is related to the rock crystal perfume bottle in lot 379, and like that is decorated in a style of carving reminiscent of the "bevelled" style of Samarra.
Stylistically this item is related to the rock crystal perfume bottle in lot 379, and like that is decorated in a style of carving reminiscent of the "bevelled" style of Samarra.