Sassanian Opaque Green Glass Button Vessel
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Late Sassanian, 3rd-7th century AD. An opaque light-green glass vessel with globular body decorated with raised and dimpled discs, trumpet style neck and mouth and a discoid footed base. See Whitehouse, D., Sassanian and Post-Sassanian Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass, New York, 2005, for comparable examples and discussion; see A. Oliver Jr. et al., Ancient Glass, Pittsburgh, 1980, p.132, for comparable example and discussion. 49.6 grams, 49mm (2"). Swiss collection, 1990s. Property of a London gentleman.
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Sassanian Opaque Green Glass Button Vessel
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