Lot Essay
Cf. D. F. Grose, Early Ancient Glass, The Toledo Museum of Art, 1989, p. 86, no. 31 for a similar vessel.
5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
Details
An Achamenid rod-formed opaque 'black' glass kohl-tube
5th-4th Century B.C.
Of tapering four-sided form, with four knops on the shoulder, the body decorated with opaque white marvered zigzags and horizontal lines above and below, two turquoise and two yellow trails running down each corner, the short neck with a yellow and white spiral trail, repaired with some restoration
3 3/8in. (8.6cm.) high
5th-4th Century B.C.
Of tapering four-sided form, with four knops on the shoulder, the body decorated with opaque white marvered zigzags and horizontal lines above and below, two turquoise and two yellow trails running down each corner, the short neck with a yellow and white spiral trail, repaired with some restoration
3 3/8in. (8.6cm.) high
Provenance
Benzian Collection: sold Sotheby's, London, 7 July 1994, lot 44.