Ancient Near East, Islamic, ca. 9th to 11th century CE. A sizeable, hand-blown glass pitcher of striking deep cobalt blue hues, its form presenting an ample piriform body sitting upon a flared foot that was likely formed via trailing as one can see the end of the trail, a tall tubular neck that gently flares at the rim, and a substantial trailed handle joining shoulder to rim and skillfully raised, folded, and tooled in order to create a high decorative round finial at its upper end. Further embellishing the piece is a threadlike trail wrapped around the upper end of the neck. What's more, close inspection reveals the silhouettes of circular motifs arranged in a band just below the midline of the vessel body that were likely painted on the vessel at one time. A stupendous example of ancient glass! Size: 3.625" in diameter x 6" H (9.2 cm x 15.2 cm)

Provenance: private East Coast, USA collection; ex-John Jeff Fort collection, Houston, Texas, USA, acquired in the 1990s

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Some surface wear. Silhouettes of circular motifs suggest that the piece was decorated (painted) at one time. There is a nice pontil mark on underside of base. A pontil scar or mark indicates that a vessel was free-blown, while the absence of such a mark suggests that the work was either mold-blown or that the mark was intentionally smoothed away or wore away over time. Silhouettes of circular motifs arranged in a band just below the midline of the vessel body that were probably painted at one time. Wonderful traces of fiery blue, purple, and silvery iridescence grace the surface in areas.