A fine wheel-cut glass flask, Persia, 8th-10th century

of clear glass with a pale blue tone, the globular body on a raised cut foot, the tall narrow neck with broad horizontal rim cut to form a hexagon, the body decorated with wheel-cut facets in a honeycomb pattern, the shoulder ridged, the neck with two arcades of rectangular facets, the foot cut with curved indents around the lower edge

in good condition, inclusions and abrasions particularly to extremities, consistent with age, as viewed
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A closely comparable piece is in the al-Sabah Collection (Carboni 2001, p.34, no.9b).  This group demonstrates a distinctly Islamic form though the use of cut facets for decorating glass extends back to the Sasanian period (see footnote to preceding lot).