Iran Ashkdân

Ceramics & glassware

Tears vase ( ashkdân ); Place of provenance: Iran

Model identical to the Louvre, department of arts of Islam, room 186 Denon wing: https://collections.louvre.fr/ark:/53355/cl0103287833

Long twisted vase in white glass ending with a sort of beak where, according to legend, widows put their eye so that the container receives their tears.

Provenance: Iran
Height: 26cm
Epoque: XIXth
Price : 950€

Category: Ceramics & glassware

Keywords: Iran , Islam , Persian