An Islamic enamelled two-handled flask, Syria, 13th century, the tulip-shaped mouth on a neck with a bulge above the flattened spherical body, decorated in gilt (now mostly missing) and with thin outlines and arabesques in red enamel, with some floral elements filled in with blue, white, yellow and light blue, two applied handles, 15cm high, 9.8cm wide Provenance: Acquired by the current owner, London, 2011.Ex-private collection, UK, since 1970.Note: This flask shares a similar shape to two perfume sprinklers in the Al-Sabah Collection, Inv. no. LNS 2 G and LNS 92 KG (Carboni, Glass of the Sultans, 2001, pp.350-1, nos.95a,b). The form of this flask is more unusual but it was also used for a gilt and enamelled pilgrim’s flask dating from the third quarter of the 13th century that has been preserved in the cathedral treasury of St Stephen’s in Vienna since the 14th century (S. Carboni and D.B. Whitehouse, Glass of the Sultans, New York 2001, pp. 249-52, no. 124).Please refer to department for condition report