Iran, Sasanian art, 5th to 7th AD. Honeycomb cups The glasses are

Iran, Sasanian art, 5th to 7th AD.
Honeycomb cups
The glasses are decorated with 5 and 6 rows of facets dug in"honeycomb" and a row of pucks around the central
roundel of the base.
Cut Glass. Iridescence and earth excavation.
H: 8.1 and 7.5 cm.
Provenance:
private collection M. K.
Literature:
S. Fukai, Persian glass, pl.1.
Annie Kévorkian & Guy Loudmer, sale of June 3th and 4th 1985, lot. 532.
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