ARAB-SASANIAN: ca. 680s-750s, glass vessel stamp (13.25g), Balog-2, peacock-like bird standing right, with fan-shape tail, holding an undulating tendril in its beak, brownish light yellow, translucent, without any spots of devitrification, excellent large piece of this extremely rare type, VF-EF, RRR. Balog qualified this type as either very late Sasanian or early Islamic. The peacock-like bird is also regarded as the senmurg, the fabled bird of ancient Iranian mythology. Another example, somewhat inferior quality, sold in our Auction 36, Lot 206.
Estimate: USD 400 - 500