A CORE-FORMED GLASS ALABASTRON
A CORE-FORMED GLASS ALABASTRON

EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN, POSSIBLY SYRO-PALESTINIAN CIRCA 2ND-MID 1ST CENTURY B.C.

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A CORE-FORMED GLASS ALABASTRON
eastern mediterranean, possibly syro-palestinian
circa 2nd-mid 1st century b.c.
Dark blue in color with some red streaks, the straight-sided fusiform body with convex pointed bottom, cylindrical neck and horizontal rim-disk, with a marvered opaque turquoise thread attached at the rim and wound spirally along the length of the body, the thread tooled into a festoon pattern on the body, with twin dark blue lugs on the shoulders
56 in. (13.5 cm) high
Literature
Sangiorgi, Collezione di Vetri Antichi, no. 18.

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