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EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN, POSSIBLY FROM RHODES CIRCA LATE 6TH-5TH CENTURY B.C.
Details
A CORE-FORMED GLASS ALABASTRON
eastern mediterranean, possibly from rhodes
circa late 6th-5th century b.c.
Cobalt blue in color, the cylindrical body tapering upwards, with rounded bottom, short cylindrical neck and horizontal rim-disk, with opaque yellow and turquoise marvered threads wound spirally on the body and tooled into a zig-zag pattern on the middle of the body, with an opaque turqoise thread at the edge of the rim and twin cobalt blue ring handles with knobbed tails below the shoulders
3 in. (9.6 cm) high
eastern mediterranean, possibly from rhodes
circa late 6th-5th century b.c.
Cobalt blue in color, the cylindrical body tapering upwards, with rounded bottom, short cylindrical neck and horizontal rim-disk, with opaque yellow and turquoise marvered threads wound spirally on the body and tooled into a zig-zag pattern on the middle of the body, with an opaque turqoise thread at the edge of the rim and twin cobalt blue ring handles with knobbed tails below the shoulders
3 in. (9.6 cm) high
Literature
Sangiorgi, Collezione di Vetri Antichi, no. 14.