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Lot 120
  • 120

A cut glass beaker, Persia, 10th century

Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • glass
translucent glass, of cylindrical form with a flat base and straight walls, decorated with a double band of grooved drop-shape motifs

Condition

Intact, with weathering on the surface, including some encrustation and iridescence, as viewed.
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