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Lot 34*

Two Islamic cobalt blue glass bottles
2

6 July 2021, 15:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £2,040 inc. premium

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Two Islamic cobalt blue glass bottles
Circa 9th-10th Century A.D.
Both of elongated cylindrical form, with rounded base, tapering to a short narrow neck and cut-off rim, 24.8cm and 19.5cm high (2)

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Provenance:
with Barakat Galleries, Beverly Hills (A Catalogue of the Collection, vol. 1, 1985, GF94 and G682).
Private collection, USA, acquired from the above.

Cf. A closely related example, formerly in the Ray Winfield Smith collection, and now in the Corning Museum of Glass, acc. no. 55.1.12. The function of these uncommon bottles with their distinctive narrow necks and elongated bodies is unknown, although they have a wide distribution, from northern Syria to the Kenyan coast.

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