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LOT 0267

Post Sassanian Cut Glass Bottle

6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.

3 1/4 in. (197 grams, 84 mm).

Squat in profile with nine facets to the body, broad shoulder and eight facets to the neck, chamfered rim.

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

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LOT 0267

Post Sassanian Cut Glass Bottle

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

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