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Tear Vase “Ashkdan” | 19th Century | Iran
![1741125182254 Tear Vase "Ashkdân" | 19th Century | Iran](https://secret-antiques.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/1741125182254-769x1024.png "1741125182254 Tear Vase "Ashkdân" | 19th Century | Iran")
- Period: 19th century
- Origin: Iran
- Dimensions: 26 cm
- Price: 950 €
Tear Vase ( ashkdan ); Place of origin: Iran
Identical model in the Louvre, Department of Islamic Art, Room 186, Denon Wing: https://collections.louvre.fr/ark:/53355/cl010328783
Vase with a long twisted neck in white glass ending in a kind of spout where, according to legend, widows would place their eye so that the vessel would receive their tears.
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