Enrica Medugno
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Property from a Princely Collection
Lot 51R
An opaque turquoise glass jug Persia or Egypt, 11th/ 12th Century
12 November 2024, 11:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£2,000 - £3,000
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Oliver White
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An opaque turquoise glass jug
Persia or Egypt, 11th/ 12th Century
Persia or Egypt, 11th/ 12th Century
of compressed globular form on short splayed foot with cylindrical neck and strap handle with a slight knop
8.4 cm. high
8.4 cm. high
Footnotes
Provenance
Property from a Princely Collection, acquired at Christie's, Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds, 17 April 2007, lot 49.
The use of opaque turquoise glass within early Islamic vessels is very rare. One notable example, a bowl with hares, dated to the 9th/ 10th Century is in the treasury of Saint Mark, Venice (see D. Whitehouse, 'Cut and Engraved Glass', in S. Carboni & D. Whitehouse, Glass of the Sultans, New York, 2001, pp. 176-178, Cat. 83). For an example of an opaque turquoise glass jug sold at Christie's, see Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds, 8 April 2008, lot 51.
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