A Mamluk-style glass flask, Josef Lobmeyr (1792-1855) designed by architects Jan Machytka and Franz Schmoranz,
Austria, circa 1878,
The squat globular form with tapering neck and collar, over a high conical foot, painted with three large medallions enclosing a stylised flower flanked by panels of gilt leaf scroll above a band of Kufic inscriptions in gilding divided by rosettes, the neck with a Kufic inscription in white enamel, with inscription to base in German,
31cm. high.
Estim. 2,000 - 3,000 GBP