Persian blue glass tears bottle.
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Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Near Eastern: Pre 1920: Item # 1468610
Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Near Eastern: Pre 1920: Item # 1468610
Please refer to our stock # 333 when inquiring.
$700.00
Bottle with a long stretched neck harmoniously twisted in the shape of a swan's neck. The glassmaker shaped his work with gadroons, a painter decorated it with golden flowers. This type of object was a teardrop intended to receive the tears of ladies when their husbands went to war. The almond shape of the edge adapts perfectly to the eye. These vases were made from the 18th century and throughout the 19th. especially in 1900. Copies are probably still made. It is impossible for me to date this one with precision. Only a oriental glass specialist will know. But the gilding is a beautiful yellow corresponding to the old gilding.
Good condition, some wear to the glass and gilding, but nothing major.
Height: 30cm
