ID 727191
Lot 24 | THREE CYLINDRICAL GLASS BOTTLES
Estimate value
£ 5 000 – 7 000
FATIMID EGYPT OR SYRIA, 9TH OR 10TH CENTURY
The first of light blue glass and cylindrical form with narrow neck, facet-cut with angular and circular patterns; the second of narrow cylindrical form with four moulded horizontal bands around the body; the third cylindrical in form tapering to the foot, which is now missing, the neck also missing, the body with straight sides facet-cut with angular patterns
3 1⁄8in. (8cm.); 2 7⁄8in. (7.3cm.); and 1 1⁄4in. (3.2cm.) high
Provenance
Austrian Private Collection, by repute from F. R.Martin (1868-1933); sold Sotheby's, 6 October 2010, lot 103
| Medium: | Glass |
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| Art style: | Fatimid dynasty (909-1171) |
| Place of origin: | Egypt, Africa, Asia, Syria |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Medium: | Glass |
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| 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 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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