Lot Essay
Cf. A. Von Saldern, Glass 500 B.C. to A.D. 1900: The Hans Cohn Collection, Los Angeles, Mainz, 1980, pp. 157 and 159, nos. 150 and 152 for similarly engraved vessels.
Details
AN ISLAMIC CLEAR GLASS ENGRAVED BOWL
9TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.
Frosted, the interior base slightly convex, with straight everted sides, the outer walls with wheel-cut decoration of two birds in flight each with circular eyes and detailed feathers, between them two horizontal lines and two bands of shallow loops, repaired with some restoration
7.5/8 in. (19.2 cm.) diam.; 2½ in. (5.7 cm.) high
9TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.
Frosted, the interior base slightly convex, with straight everted sides, the outer walls with wheel-cut decoration of two birds in flight each with circular eyes and detailed feathers, between them two horizontal lines and two bands of shallow loops, repaired with some restoration
7.5/8 in. (19.2 cm.) diam.; 2½ in. (5.7 cm.) high