Ancient Near East, Holy Land, Islamic, ca. 7th to 9th century CE. A beautiful mold-formed bottle shaped from semi-translucent glass of an olive-green hue. The bottle has a concave base with a rough pontil scar, a circular body with ten vertical ribs, a slightly-indented shoulder, and a funnel-shaped mouth. Fine layers of silvery and rainbow-hued iridescence envelop much of the exterior surfaces and provide an attractive burst of color to the soft yellow-green composition. Size: 2.25" W x 3" H (5.7 cm x 7.6 cm).
Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-John J. Slocum collection. Mr. Slocum (1914-1997) collected most of his antiquities while serving as US cultural attache to Egypt in the 1960s. Later, he served as Assistant to the Director of The Smithsonian Institute, was appointed by President Reagan to the Presidential Cultural Property Advisory Committee, and was a Trustee Emeritus of the Archaeological Institute of America. He was a well-respected scholar/collector, whose medieval crusader coins were sold in a single-owner sale at Sotheby's, London in 1997.
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Condition
Minor abrasions to base, body, and neck, with light encrustations and weathering film, otherwise intact and very good. A rough pontil scar indicates this vessel was blown by hand while at the same time using a mold. Light earthen deposits as well as fabulous silver and rainbow iridescence throughout. Old inventory label beneath base.