Lot 4812
Delightful Glass Bird. Islamic, Ummayad, c. 8th century AD. Cf. Corning, R. W. Smith Collection, no. 512. Blown in thick dark aubergine resembling the color black, this work imitates the more ancient core-formed glass vessels seen in preceding lots. The bird stares up from its ovoid head on an elongated drop-shaped body. With white marvered bands on the body, the bird has pinched and trailed wings. Glass remains mostly glossy with speckles of bright metalic green iridescence. The fragmentary bird may have been a single piece only or half of a pair of nesting doves.Length: 2-1/8". A rare object to add a little levity to any collection.
Estimated Value $300 - 450.
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| Realized $184 |
