A POLYCHROME DECORATED BLACK GLASS SMALL PERFUME BOTTLE

PROBABLY PERSIA, CIRCA 9TH CENTURY

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A POLYCHROME DECORATED BLACK GLASS SMALL PERFUME BOTTLE
PROBABLY PERSIA, CIRCA 9TH CENTURY
Of classical form, the body rising from the lower knop through hexagonal facets to a pronounced shoulder, a small boss at the base of the slightly widening tubular neck with incurved mouth, the surface of the body covered with a variety of red, turquoise, white and yellow dots marvered into the surface, very slight iridescence on the foot, repaired clean breaks
3in. (8.9cm.) high

拍品专文

A toilet jar was found at Fustat decorated in very much the same way as the present lot (Pinder-Wilson, R. and Scanlon, G.: "Glass Finds from Fustat, 1964-1971", Journal of Glass Studies, Corning Museum, Vol.XV, 1973, pp.29-30, no.25). It was discovered in an undisturbed sewer dateable to the 9th or 10th century. Two further similarly decorated pieces, a hanging lamp and a small jug, both formerly in the Kofler Collection, are now in the al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait (refs. LNS 42KG and LNS 53KG).