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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.
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LOT 0266
Post Sassanian Cut Glass Bottle with Bronze Lid
Estimate £600 - 800€700 - 930 (for guidance only)$810 - 1,080 (for guidance only)
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