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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.
ProvenanceUK private collection before 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a London gentleman.
See Whitehouse, D., Sassanian and Post-Sassanian Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass, New York, 2005, for discussion.
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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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