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LOT 1013
Sassanian Glass Rhyton-Style Vessel
CIRCA 3RD-5TH CENTURY A.D.
4 3/8 in. (86 grams, 11.2 cm high).
The tapering sidewalls and foot formed as a stylised shoe or boot; iridescent surfaces.
ProvenanceFrench 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 1013
Sassanian Glass Rhyton-Style Vessel
Estimate £450 - 650€520 - 750 (for guidance only)$610 - 880 (for guidance only)
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