This simple, subtly faceted glass bowl was produced by Sasanian craftsmen. Some of their glass wine bowls were carried to the Far East by merchants traveling along the Silk Road, and one has been found in the tomb of the sixth-century Japanese emperor Ankan >>> Next

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Seven thousand years of wine
Excerpt from Najmieh Batmanglij's "From Persia to Napa: Wine at the Persian Table"

August 28, 2006
iranian.com