Loading, please wait...

Use mousewheel to zoom in and out, click to enlarge

Details

LOT 0266

Post Sassanian Cut Glass Bottle with Bronze Lid

6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.

2 7/8 in. (137 grams, 73 mm).

Squat in profile with drum-shaped body, broad shoulder and six facets to the flared neck; bronze lid with dipper.

Provenance

UK private collection before 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a London gentleman.

Literature

See Whitehouse, D., Sassanian and Post-Sassanian Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass, New York, 2005, for discussion.

CONDITION

VETTING:

TimeLine Auctions follows a vetting process to ensure the authenticity and legality of all items, reinforcing our commitment to integrity and responsible trading. Each antiquity, antique, and coin lot undergoes thorough examination by a vetting committee of at least ten external specialists, professional trade association members, scientists, and archaeologists: Our Vetting Process


AUCTIONS:

TimeLine is a leading auction house specialising in antiquities, ancient art, collectables, natural history, coins, medals, and books. Our auctions offer museums, collectors, historians, and enthusiasts the opportunity to acquire unique and historically significant pieces.

LOT 0266

Post Sassanian Cut Glass Bottle with Bronze Lid

Estimate £600 - 800€700 - 930 (for guidance only)$810 - 1,080 (for guidance only)

Print page

RELATED LOTS

  • Western Asiatic Bronze Bead Pendant Group
    Western Asiatic Bronze Bead Pendant Group
    1st millennium B.C.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £33

    Comprising: one spherical with six radiating holes each with a socket, slots and triangular holes; one barrel-shaped with loop above. 36 mm total, 30-34 mm



    From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.

    Lot Details

  • Mesopotamian Lapis Lazuli Cylinder Seal with Worship Scene
    Mesopotamian Lapis Lazuli Cylinder Seal with Worship Scene
    2nd millennium B.C.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,600

    Frieze with two full-length standing figures in ankle-length robes each holding a feather towards a pillar with sun-disc above, crouching human worshipper to one side, labrys to the other; scene in two registers with guilloche border between, gryphon above with one foreleg raised, ibex below, crouching with tail raised; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 14 grams, 31 mm



    From the 'S' collection, acquired 1970-1990s. The collection was seen and studied by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12248-222164.

    Lot Details

  • Western Asiatic Orange Jasper Cylinder Seal with Animals
    Western Asiatic Orange Jasper Cylinder Seal with Animals
    2nd-1st millennium B.C.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £260

    With incised frieze of birds and animals in a landscape, guilloche borders above and below. 4.6 grams, 24 mm



    Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector; collection no.015. London collection, 2016.

    Lot Details

Stay up-to-date with the latest from TimeLine Auctions by joining our mailing list