Lot 67
  • 67

A rare glass medicine bottle with marvered decoration, Syria, 9th-10th century

Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 GBP
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Description

of pale green glass, free-blown and marvered, the disc-shaped lentoid body with long cylindrical neck and constricted mouth, with marvered decoration around the body enriched with rainbow iridescence

Literature

Published in 1400 Years of Islamic Art, 1981, no.134