PC-101 ROSE WATER SPRINKLER (PC-101)
Region From: Likely Shiraz, Persia.
Estimated Date of Production: Mid to late 1600s.
Dimensions: 265 mm in height, 105 mm in circumference.
Weight: 258 grams.
Colour: Yellow.
Technique: Blowpipe pontilled, freeblown, ribbed, everted lip, looks as though there were originally approximately 14 clockwise turns of glass threading on neck, blown from a single piece of glass (foot not added later).
Description: Unique in many ways – shape, colour, diminutive size.
Condition: Loss of glass stringing, areas of internal haze, but a very striking bottle.
Provenance: Purchased March 2013 from Paris, France.
Literature: none.
Related Works outside this collection: one footed decanter in a collection in Australia, six in a collection in India.