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LOT 1071
Sasanian Glass Bowl
3RD-7TH CENTURY A.D.
4 5/8 in. (134 grams, 11.8 cm).
A hemispherical clear glass bowl with four decorative tiers of cut facets, incised rim.
ProvenanceFrom an important London collection of glass, 1990s.
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.
Cf. Whitehouse, D., Sasanian and Post-Sasanian Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass, New York, 2005, p.43, for similar.
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