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Object NameEnameled Beaker with Musicians
Made FromGlass, Enamel
Date1225-1300
Place Madeprobably Syria
TechniqueBlown, enameled, gilded
SizeOverall H: 13.6 cm, Diam (max): 10.7 cm
Accession Number2024.1.2
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionEnameled Beaker with Musicians. Almost colorless glass, blue, red, white, green, and black enamel, gilding; blown, applied, enameled, gilded. Conical beaker with flared rim and applied disk foot. Pale amber, almost colorless glass with blue, red, white, green, and black enamel and gilded scene of three musicians. Upper register is a row of coursing hares in blue enamel. Primary scene in the middle of the beaker shows three seated courtly figures holding instruments, possibly a harp, lute, and tambourine. A tall leafy frond surmounted by the image of a beaker of similar shape divides the scene. Bottom register of quatrefoils in blue enamel below the figures. Each register is framed by thin double horizontal lines of red enamel. Partially restored.

Provenance
Former Collection Sotheby's - before 1987
Unknown owner, possibly European collection, 1977-1987. Sold at: Sotheby’s London, 14 October 1987, Lot 315, estimate £800-1200, sale price unknown.
Former Collection Sotheby-Parke-Bernet - before 1977
Unknown owner, possibly United States collection, 1927 to 1977. Sold Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc New York, 21 May 1977, as “Property from the Collection of the late Fahim Kouchakji”, lot 103A, for $1,600.
Former Collection Kouchakji Frères - before 1927
With Kouchakji Frères, New York, by 1927 (possibly by 1915 or 1916). Sold at: The Collection of Kouchakji Frères, 23rd January 1927, New York, lot 235, for $1,200.
Former Collection Fahim Kouchakji - about 1927-1977
Source David Aaron Ltd. - 2021-2024
Acquired at Sotheby’s 2021 sale
Former Collection AeR Gallery Ltd. - 2018-2021
Sold at: Sotheby’s, 31 March 2021, Lot 70, for £37,800 ($52,159).
Previous owner Romain Pingannaud - 2014-2018
Acquired at Bellmans 2014 sale
Former Collection Saeed Motamed (Iranian, 1925 - 2013) - 1987-2013
Acquired at Sotheby’s 1987 sale. Shipped to London on 9 October 2012 (document from Romain Pingannauld, not verified). Offered for sale at Christie’s London, 22 April 2013, lot 115, estimate £23,000-34,000, did not sell. Sold at: Bellmans Auctioneers and Valuers, 8 August 2014, lot 3301