A CORE-FORMED GLASS OENOCHOE
A CORE-FORMED GLASS OENOCHOE

EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN OR ITALY CIRCA MID 4TH-EARLY 3RD CENTURY B.C.

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A CORE-FORMED GLASS OENOCHOE
eastern mediterranean or italy
circa mid 4th-early 3rd century b.c.
Dark blue in color, the cylindrical body with broad, rounded shoulders, on a circular pad base, the cylindrical neck with trefoil rim and a vertical strap handle arching from the shoulders to the rim, the body with opaque yellow and opaque white marvered threads wound spirally on the body and tooled into a feather pattern, with unmarvered opaque yellow threads on the rim and the edge of the foot, and wound spirally on the neck
5.15/16 in. (15.1 cm) high
Provenance
Martinetti Collection
Literature
Sangiorgi, Collezione de Vetri Antichi, no. 19, pl. VI.

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