Lot 262
A Mamluk gilt and enamel glass Beaker Syria, 13th/14th Century
29 April 2004, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £11,352.50 inc. premium
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Syria, 13th/14th Century
Syria, 13th/14th Century
of tall cylindrical form with flaring mouth, enamelled in red, yellow, green, white lavender and gilt with two bands of fish, between a narrow foliate band
18.5 cm. high
18.5 cm. high
Footnotes
There are a number of other beakers painted with fish including examples in the Museum fur Islamiche Kunst, Berlin (Klaus Brisch, Museum fur Islamiche Kunst, Catalogue, Berlin, 1979, no. 524); the Musee du Louvre, Paris (L'Islam dans les collections nationales, Exhibition Catalogue, Grand Palais, 2nd May-22nd August 1977, no. 343); the British Museum, London (Hugh Tait (ed.), Five Thousand Years of Glass, London, 1991, no. 164), and a beaker sold in these rooms, Bonhams, Islamic and Indian Art, 17th October 2002, lot 268.