Six glassworks, Iran, 19th-20th century
In blue blown glass, a pourer with a gadrooned body, a sprinkler with a long ribbed tapered neck and four elegant bottles with sinuous swan necks, one of a lighter blue.
Height : 17 to 35,3 cm
According to poetic tradition, swan-necked bottles were used in Iran as lachrymatory vessels or "tear vessels" ("ashkdan") to collect the sorrows of wives separated from their husbands.
Six Blue Glass Vases, Iran, 19th - 20th century
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