1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
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SIX ROMAN GLASS VESSELS
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
Comprising three blue and green glass unguentaria with conical-shaped bodies, 5¾ in. (14.5 cm.) high max.; a blue glass double balsamarium, restored at rim, 4¾ in. (12 cm.) high; a pale green glass flask with conical-shaped mouth decorated with three encircling turquoise trails, 5¼ in. (13.2 cm.) high; a pale blue glass twin-handled flask (one handle missing), the body decorated with turquoise zigzag and spiral trail, 4¾ in. (12 cm.) high; and an early Islamic iridescent mould-blown glass jar, the body with raised net pattern, repaired and restored, circa 9th Century A.D., 4 in. (10 cm.) high (7)
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
Comprising three blue and green glass unguentaria with conical-shaped bodies, 5¾ in. (14.5 cm.) high max.; a blue glass double balsamarium, restored at rim, 4¾ in. (12 cm.) high; a pale green glass flask with conical-shaped mouth decorated with three encircling turquoise trails, 5¼ in. (13.2 cm.) high; a pale blue glass twin-handled flask (one handle missing), the body decorated with turquoise zigzag and spiral trail, 4¾ in. (12 cm.) high; and an early Islamic iridescent mould-blown glass jar, the body with raised net pattern, repaired and restored, circa 9th Century A.D., 4 in. (10 cm.) high (7)
Provenance
Swiss private collection, acquired in Israel during the early 1980s.
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