Two Mughal painted glass bottles, Europe or India, 18th century

each with clear glass body of square section, sloping shoulders with narrow cylindrical neck, decorated in gilt with polychrome details, each featuring a male and a female figure within a lobed arch amidst foliate designs

Sotheby's, London, 30 April 2003, lot 117.

Both intact, one with two small hairline cracks within spout, some of gilding rubbed, colours strong, a little craquelure, pointilli marks to undersides, the glass naturally included, as viewed.
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It is possible that these decorative bottles were produced in Europe for the Indian market and then decorated locally. A comparable in the Los Angeles Museum of Art, is attributed to Gujarat, circa 1725-50 (inv. no.M.88.129.201).