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"Ashkdân" tears | XIXth | Iran
![1741125182254 "Ashkdân" tears | XIXth | Iran](https://secret-antiques.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/1741125182254-769x1024.png "1741125182254 "Ashkdân" tears | XIXth | Iran")
- Era: XIXth
- Provenance: Iran
- Dimension: 26 cm
- Price: 950 €
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.
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![1741125182245 Vase with "Ashkdân" tears | XIXth | Iran](https://secret-antiques.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/1741125182245-769x1024.png "1741125182245 Vase with "Ashkdân" tears | XIXth | Iran")