A fine wheel-cut glass bowl, Persia, 7-9th century

the pale green glass of rounded form with slightly everted rim, decorated with wheel-cut facets with two honeycomb bands around the body, the base with a large circular facet surrounded by seven smaller circles

in good condition, areas of irridescence and abrasions to surface, minor losses to rim, as viewed
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