173. Islamic bottle with trail, 6th-7th century AD
Glass
Height: 6.3cm
11477 IVP
£ 2,600.00
Free-blown in transparent, purple glass. Spherical body, with a short funnel neck, everted and folded-in lip, on a solid disc base, decorated with a lattice work of applied trailing. White...
Free-blown in transparent, purple glass. Spherical body, with a short funnel neck, everted and folded-in lip, on a solid disc base, decorated with a lattice work of applied trailing. White collector's label inscribed 'CLW53/IRYY' to the foot. Intact.
Provenance
Private collection, Germany; acquired 1960s-1970s
Jerome Eisenberg, New York, USA; inv.no.8491
Literature
S. Carboni, Glass from Islamic Lands (London, 2001), p.41, no.1.7a
