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EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN, POSSIBLY FROM RHODES CIRCA 5TH CENTURY B.C.
Details
A CORE-FORMED GLASS ALABASTRON
eastern mediterranean, possibly from rhodes
circa 5th century b.c.
Dark green in color, the straight-sided cylindrical body with rounded bottom and rounded shoulders, a short cylndrical neck and a horizontal rim-disk, with opaque yellow and turquoise marvered threads wound spirally on the body and tooled into a tight zig-zag pattern, with an opaque yellow thread at the edge of the rim and twin dark green vertical ring handles with knobbed tails
3 (9.5 cm) high
eastern mediterranean, possibly from rhodes
circa 5th century b.c.
Dark green in color, the straight-sided cylindrical body with rounded bottom and rounded shoulders, a short cylndrical neck and a horizontal rim-disk, with opaque yellow and turquoise marvered threads wound spirally on the body and tooled into a tight zig-zag pattern, with an opaque yellow thread at the edge of the rim and twin dark green vertical ring handles with knobbed tails
3 (9.5 cm) high
Literature
Sangiorgi, Collezione di Vetri Antichi, no. 13, pl. III (said to be from Civitacastellana).