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THBSassanian Glass Wheel Cut Bowl
Lot 39a
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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By Artemis Gallery
Nov 8, 2018
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2018-11-08 10:00:00
2018-11-08 10:00:00
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Ancient art from Egypt, Greece, Italy and the Near East, as well as Asian, Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal / Oceanic, Spanish Colonial, Russian Icons, Fine art, much more! Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Near East, Sassanian Empire, ca. 500 CE. A thick-walled ancient glass vessel, its surface cut with circular facets in a honeycomb pattern. This hemispherical bowl may have been made by blowing molten glass into an open mold ; subsequently, four rows of oblong-to-round facets were wheel-cut and polished around the body. The thick glass, probably originally pale green, has gained extensive deposits over time, creating a mottled grey and beige surface with dots of creamy white and black. Size: 3.6" W x 2.95" H (9.1 cm x 7.5 cm)
Faceted bowls such as this one are characterized by uniformity of shape, size, and arrangement of the facets in four or five rows. They represent the most widespread type of late Sassanian glass vessel, found in excavations of Mesopotamian and Iranian sites dating from the fifth to seventh century CE. Some examples - probably carried along the Silk Road to the Far East by Persian merchants and traveling embassies - have been found in Japanese contexts, namely in the sixth-century tomb of the emperor Ankan and in the Shoso-in Treasure at Nara, which was assembled by the emperor Shomu in the eighth century.
Provenance: private East Coast, USA collection
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#139631Repaired and restored, with some modern fill added, low on the body. Covered with a heavily encrusted, deposited surface. No pontil mark because the piece was mold-made rather than free blown.Condition
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