LONDON (Reuters Life!) – A 1,000-year-old carved rock crystal ewer, one of only seven known surviving examples, will be offered for auction next month at Christie’s Islamic art sale and is expected to fetch over 3 million pounds ($5.3 million).
The auctioneer said the ewer was made for the court of the Fatimid rulers of Cairo in the late 10th or early 11th century, and has been embellished in enameled gold mounts made in 1854 by a French silversmith.
The ewer is the same one that came up for auction in Britain in January this year and fetched 220,000 pounds, or more than one thousand times its pre-sale estimate.
Ismailimail 
Brings back memories of the Fatimid rock crystal vase presented to Mawlana Hazir Imam at the London Padhramni; and Him mentioning its significance to the Golden Age of Ismaili History that should inspire us all today and always.The fact that we could gain knowledge, wisdom and understanding from those times when ‘Humanism’ was important.
humanism
A secular ethical system that centers on humans and their values, needs, interests, abilities, dignity, and freedom.
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The Fatimid Flask
The Fatimid flask in rock crystal goes back to our history
When so many of the principles of the Tariqah were established freely
We can gain knowledge and understanding, we can find guidance
How to relate to other Tariqahs in Islam but also to non-Muslims that is the essence
The Fatimid epoch was a time of a wonderful concentration of knowledge
Of understanding also and humanism was given privilege
This golden period of Ismaili history is a source of inspiration
A time of unity amongst various peoples within Islam without question
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