AN ACHAEMENID GLASS KOHL TUBE
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AN ACHAEMENID GLASS KOHL TUBE

CIRCA 5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.

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AN ACHAEMENID GLASS KOHL TUBE
CIRCA 5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
Rod-formed, opaque black in color, cylindrical in form with a rounded bottom, with opaque turquoise threads wound spirally and tooled into a feather pattern, vertical grooves from the tooling
2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) high
Provenance
Ancient Glass Formerly in the Kofler-Truniger Collection; Christie's, London, 5-6 March 1985, lot 338.
Literature
M. Kunz and B. Rutti, et al., 3000 Jahre Glaskunst, von der Antike bis zum Jugendstil, Lucerne, 1981, no. 49.
Exhibited
Lucerne, Kunstmuseum, 3000 Jahre Glaskunst, 19 July - 13 September 1981.
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