38-1 LONG NECKED WINE (PC-038)
Region From: Possibly Shiraz, Persia.
Estimated Date of Production: Late 1800s to early 1900s.
Dimensions: 395 mm in height, 169 mm by 110 mm in circumference.
Weight: 1650 grams.
Colour: Light green aqua.
Technique: Blowpipe pontilled, freeblown, double v-tooled lip.
Description: Long-necked bottle of a much more modern consistency than PC-112. Appears to be newer construction. It wouldn’t surprise me to find that the glass is late 19th or early 20th century
Condition: Light internal stain.
Provenance: Purchased August 2012 from a North Carolina dealer, who said that he had seen/sold these in the 1970s, and that they were identified as Persian wines at that time.
Literature: n/a
Related Works outside this collection: Similar piece in Metropolitan Museum of Art.