* FOUR SMALL EARLY ISLAMIC GLASS OINTMENT FLASKS AND A MISFIRED BOTTLE
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTOR
Near East and Iran, 8th - 12th century

Comprising a clear-glass molar flask, 8cm high; three free-blown bottles with moulded decoration, the two darker ones reminiscent in shape and design of ancient Roman glass bottles, the tallest 7.5cm high; and a misfired light-green clear-glass bottle, with a tall cylindrical and faceted neck and a row of wheel-cut oval designs around the body, 12.2cm high.

Provenance (bottles with moulded decoration): Sotheby's London, 27 April 1995, lot 273.