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LOT 0983
Sassanian Green Cut-Glass Cup
6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
3 1/2 in. (185 grams, 91 mm).
Translucent with a roughly U-shaped cross-section, graduated decorative wheel-cut facets composed of larger circles to the base, followed by smaller ovals, lozenges and fan-shapes towards the neck.
ProvenanceLondon art market, 1986.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.11887-206403.
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, New York, accession number 59.34, for similar.
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