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Sasanian Cut Glass Bowl Sasanian Cut Glass Bowl Sasanian Cut Glass Bowl Sasanian Cut Glass Bowl Sasanian Cut Glass Bowl Sasanian Cut Glass Bowl
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LOT 0264

Sasanian Cut Glass Bowl

5TH CENTURY A.D.

3 3/4 in. (192 grams, 97 mm).

Translucent and U-shaped in cross-section, graduated decorative wheel-cut facets on a lattice arrangement.

Provenance

London art market, 1989.
Private collection, London.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12896-241337.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Literature

Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, New York, accession number 59.34, for similar; cf. Oliver, A. Jr., Ancient Glass, In the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, 1980, p.138, no.235, for similar.

CONDITION
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LOT 0264

Sasanian Cut Glass Bowl

Estimate £3,000 - 4,000€3,480 - 4,640 (for guidance only)$4,050 - 5,400 (for guidance only)

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