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The antique glass is necessarily rare in good condition. This reinforces the exceptional nature of this bottle, which dates from the third century of the Hegira and that the Crusaders failed to break. Yet that lot number 72 from the sale of Sotheby's in London on October 8, was announced with an unusual discretion in the press release from the auction house. So, contrary to my usual discipline,…