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

EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN, POSSIBLY FROM RHODES CIRCA LATE 6TH-EARLY 5TH CENTUR B.C.

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A CORE-FORMED GLASS ALABASTRON
eastern mediterranean, possibly from rhodes
circa late 6th-early 5th centur b.c.
Opaque white in color, the elongated oval body with rounded bottom, rounded shoulders, a short cylindrical neck and a slighlty funnel-shaped rim-disk, the body with a band of purple marvered thread wound spirally on the body and tooled into an inverted festoon pattern, with a purple thread at the edge of the rim, and twin vertical ring handles with knobbed tails in opaque white and purple
56 in. (13.5 cm) high