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LOT 0214
Sassanian Glass Rhyton- Style Vessel
3RD-7TH CENTURY A.D.
4 3/8 in. (86 grams, 11.2 cm high).
A pale green glass vessel with tapering sidewalls and foot formed as a stylised shoe or boot; iridescent surfaces.
Provenance
French collection, 1960s-early 2000s.
From an important Paris gallery, France.
with Vermot & Associés, Paris, France, 16 November 2019, lot 44.
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LOT 0214
Sassanian Glass Rhyton- Style Vessel
Estimate £500 - 700€580 - 810 (for guidance only)$680 - 950 (for guidance only)
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