A MOULD-BLOWN LIGHT GREEN GLASS JUG WITH THUMB REST
Possibly Iraq or Iran, 9th - 11th century

Of pyriform shape, resting on a thick circular foot, rising to narrow shoulders and a wide conical neck, with a slender handle terminating in a protruding thumb rest on one side, the body enhanced with a moulded decorative band in relief with alternating heart-shaped palmettes and foliage, 14cm high.

The David Collection in Copenhagen has a good repertoire of similar examples to the present lot, each one attributed to 9th and 10th-century Iraq or Iran and featuring the characteristic protruding spiky thumb rest on top of their handles. For further comparison, please see Kjeld von Folsach, Art from the World of Islam in the David Collection, 2001, cats. 318 - 321, p. 211.