ID 734913 
Lot 135  | A BYZANTINE DARK AMBER HEXAGONAL GLASS PITCHER
Estimate value
$ 8 000 – 12 000 
CIRCA 6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
5 7⁄8 in. (14.9 cm.) high
Provenance
Thomas Barlow Walker (1840-1928), Minneapolis; thence by bequest to the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis.
Antiquities and Oriental Art: The Thomas Barlow Walker Collection, Sold for the Benefit of the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 26-28 September 1972, lot 136.
Sheldon and Barbara Breitbart, New York and Arizona.
The Breitbart Collection of Antiquities and Ancient Glass, Sotheby's, New York, 20 June 1990, lot 111.
Jack (1930-1996) and Jane (1936-2021) Weprin, New York, acquired from the above; thence by descent to the current owner.
Literature
M.S. Newby, The Shlomo Moussaieff Collection: Byzantine Mould-Blown Glass from The Holy Land with Jewish and Christian Symbols, London, 2008, p. 76, n. 34.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.
| Medium: | Glass | 
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| Art style: | Ancient Art | 
| Place of origin: | Israel, Asia, Byzantine Empire | 
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Ancient Art & Antiquities | 
| Medium: | Glass | 
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| Art style: | Ancient Art | 
| Place of origin: | Israel, Asia, Byzantine Empire | 
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Ancient Art & Antiquities | 
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