A FATIMID GLASS CUP AND TWO GLASS BOTTLES - photo 1

A FATIMID GLASS CUP AND TWO GLASS BOTTLES

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£ 11 340
Auction dateClassic
31.03.2022 10:30UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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United Kingdom, London
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ID 727159
Lot 23 | A FATIMID GLASS CUP AND TWO GLASS BOTTLES
A FATIMID GLASS CUP AND TWO GLASS BOTTLES

PROBABLY EGYPT OR SYRIA, 9TH TO 10TH CENTURY

The cup rounded with inverted rim, on four small feet made by tooling the base, the sides with eight circular medallions with central boss; one bottle of spherical form with everted foot and mouth, the body with diagonal ribs in shallow relief; the second bottle with short neck and body cut to form five sides with a central oval relief in the centre of each face and creating six short feet

The cup 1 5⁄8in. (4.2cm.) diam.; the first bottle 2in. (5.1cm.) high; the second 1 1⁄4in. (3.2cm.) high







Provenance

Austrian Private Collection, by repute from F. R.Martin (1868-1933); sold Sotheby's, 7 October 2009, lot 81
Medium:Glass
Art style:Fatimid dynasty (909-1171)
Place of origin:Egypt, Africa, Asia, Syria
Auction house category:All other types of objects
Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
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