Enrica Medugno
Senior Sale Coordinator
Lot 22
A rare Fatimid lustre glass cup Egypt, 10th-12th Century
22 May 2025, 11:00 BST
London, New Bond Street£8,000 - £12,000
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Oliver White
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A rare Fatimid lustre glass cup
Egypt, 10th-12th Century
Egypt, 10th-12th Century
of rounded conical form and amber glass, decorated in a brown lustre with four panels containing foliate motifs, divided by radiating vertical bands
10. 5 cm. high
10. 5 cm. high
Footnotes
Provenance
Collection of Frits Philips Eindhoven.
Acquired by the current owner in London in 2016
Fatimid lustre glass is characterised by monochrome decoration applied only on the exterior surface, often in the form of motifs divided by panels, as in the present lot. A rounded clear glass cup with brown lustre is in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (Accession No. C.23-1932). A further example is in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (Object No. 1974.74). A Fatimid glass cup of comparable conical form, with a handle, is also in the Victoria and Albert Museum (Accession No. C.28-1932).