3rd-7th century AD. A squat green glass cup with dimple base and everted rim, bands of wheel-cut facets to the outer face, loop handle with thumb-pad and spur. Cf. Whitehouse, D., Sassanian and Post-Sassanian Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, New York, 2005, item 47, for type. 116 grams, 12.2cm (4 3/4"). Property of a North London gentleman; previously in an important Mayfair collection. Fine condition, repaired.