PAIR OF UMAYYAD GLASS BOTTLES

Ca. AD 700 - 800. A pair of glass bottles, from left to right: a green glass bottle with a globular body and a long cylindrical neck; and a green glass bottle with a globular body, short cylindrical neck and the body decorated with horizontal rows of hexagons, in a "honeycomb" pattern. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 63.159.5. Size: 115-150mm x 85-90mm; Weight: 375g Provenance: Private British collection; Ex. A.H. collection; previously on the French market with A. Kotllar, Paris, 1970–2006.

Estimate:£200

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