A large J. & L. Lobmeyr enamelled 'Persian-style' glass bottle vase Vienna, circa 1878

from the 'Arabian Series', designed by Machtyka and Schmoranz, the squat globular form with tapering neck and collar, over a high conical foot, painted with three large medallions enclosing a stylised flower flanked by panels of gilt foliate scroll above a band of Kufic inscriptions in gilding divided by rosettes, the neck with a Kufic inscription in blue enamel 

The inscriptions translate as 'The realm belongs to God, the One and Eternal, the Truthful', 'Oh thou, who passest this clear water, drink.'

See the footnote to lot 220