Bidspirit auction | GROUP OF KOHL BOTTLES

GROUP OF KOHL BOTTLES - A group of four, including two bone kohl bottles. One is stained red with incised decoration showing columns or niches on the lower part of each of its four sides, with columns of small circles and dots standing on four feet, with bands engraved around the circular upper part. The second is stained in green, a rectangular column standing on a base with four feet, decorated with dots and circles. Such-shaped kohl bottles have been found from both the Sassanian period and the early Islamic period. A similar example in the Louvre Museum in Paris was excavated in Susa, Western Iran, from the Sassanian level. Also included are two grey steatite (soap-rock) kohl bottles. One of half obelisk form standing on a four-footed base. The second of similar form, incised with five dots within circles below and one above on all four sides, standing on a shallow foot. Size: 100mm x 30mm (widest points); Weight: 175g Provenance: Henri René d’Allemagne Collection. 1979. Acquired by Ahuan U.K Ltd. from M. Roderick d’Allemagne, grandson of Henri René d’Allemagne (1836 - 1950).