26-2 LONG NECKED WINE (PC-026)
Region From: Likely Shiraz, Persia.
Estimated Date of Production: Early to mid 1600s.
Dimensions: 314 mm in height, 131 mm by 180 mm in circumference.
Weight: 966 grams
Colour: Deep blue aqua.
Technique: Blowpipe pontilled, freeblown, v-tooled lip.
Description: Gorgeous long-necked bottle of a very dense and pure glass quality, one of very few known (two in this collection, one slightly later example in Metropolitan Museum of Art) examples of this style and age of bottle.
Provenance: Purchased November 2012, formerly in the Fairbourne collection.
Literature: n/a
Related Works outside this collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art.