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A zoomorphic glass vessel Persia or Syria, 7th/ 8th Century

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A zoomorphic glass vessel Persia or Syria, 7th/ 8th Century

Item Details

Description

A zoomorphic glass vessel
Persia or Syria, 7th/ 8th Century
of purple glass and globular form with flaring neck forming the body of a quadruped, possibly a camel, applied raised band to the shoulder and circular discs to body
8.3 cm. high
Footnotes:
Provenance
Property from a Princely Collection, acquired at Bonhams, Islamic and Indian Art, 15 April 2010, lot 148.

This known category of vessels in the form of small pack animals may have been used to store perfume, balsam, or cosmetics. Stefano Carboni suggests that the tail might have been used as a thumb rest, and the contents poured. For a further discussion, see Stefano Carboni, Glass from Islamic Lands, London: Thames & Hudson, in association with The al-Sabah Collection, Dar al-Athat al-Islamiyyah, Kuwait National Museum, 2001, pp. 24-5.

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