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CIRCA 2ND CENTURY B.C.-4TH CENTURY A.D.
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FOUR ANCIENT GLASS VESSELS
Circa 2nd Century B.C.-4th Century A.D.
Including two Eastern Mediterranean core-formed vessels, circa 2nd-mid 1st Century B.C., one a cobalt blue amphoriskos, the broad ovoid body with rounded shoulders, a spherical base-knob, a cylindrical neck, inward-sloping rim-disk, and twin applied handles, with opaque white thread wound spirally on the body and neck, marvered and tooled into a festoon pattern on the body; and one a dark blue alabastron, the piriform body with a convex pointed bottom, cylindrical neck and horizontal rim-disk, an opaque white thread attached at the top of the mouth and wound spirally along the entire body, marvered and tooled into a festoon pattern, with twin dark blue lug handles on the shoulders; together with a Roman cobalt blue head-shaped vase, mold-blown, the body in the form of a human head, on a rounded base, with a long cylindrical neck, the rim folded out then up, the sides pinched vertically, and a single applied handle; and an Islamic yellow-green vessel, mold-blown, the cylindrical body with a honeycomb pattern and vertical fluting near the flat base, the slightly flaring neck bulging near the bottom, with a ground-off rim
5 in. (12.7 cm) high for the first (4)
Circa 2nd Century B.C.-4th Century A.D.
Including two Eastern Mediterranean core-formed vessels, circa 2nd-mid 1st Century B.C., one a cobalt blue amphoriskos, the broad ovoid body with rounded shoulders, a spherical base-knob, a cylindrical neck, inward-sloping rim-disk, and twin applied handles, with opaque white thread wound spirally on the body and neck, marvered and tooled into a festoon pattern on the body; and one a dark blue alabastron, the piriform body with a convex pointed bottom, cylindrical neck and horizontal rim-disk, an opaque white thread attached at the top of the mouth and wound spirally along the entire body, marvered and tooled into a festoon pattern, with twin dark blue lug handles on the shoulders; together with a Roman cobalt blue head-shaped vase, mold-blown, the body in the form of a human head, on a rounded base, with a long cylindrical neck, the rim folded out then up, the sides pinched vertically, and a single applied handle; and an Islamic yellow-green vessel, mold-blown, the cylindrical body with a honeycomb pattern and vertical fluting near the flat base, the slightly flaring neck bulging near the bottom, with a ground-off rim
5 in. (12.7 cm) high for the first (4)
Provenance
Asian Collection, purchased between 1968-1972