Lot Essay
Sangiorgi, Collezione di Vetri Antichi, no. 5, pl. IV (said to be from central Italy).
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EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN, POSSIBLY FROM RHODES CIRCA LATE 6TH-5TH CENTURY B.C.
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A CORE-FORMED GLASS ALABASTRON
eastern mediterranean, possibly from rhodes
circa late 6th-5th century b.c.
Dark amber in color, the cylindrical body with rounded bottom and rounded shoulders, a short cylindrical neck and horizontal rim-disk, with three evenly spaced opaque white marvered threads wound spirally on the body, with an opaque white thread on the rim and twin dark blue ring handles with knobbed tail
3 in. (9.5 cm) high
eastern mediterranean, possibly from rhodes
circa late 6th-5th century b.c.
Dark amber in color, the cylindrical body with rounded bottom and rounded shoulders, a short cylindrical neck and horizontal rim-disk, with three evenly spaced opaque white marvered threads wound spirally on the body, with an opaque white thread on the rim and twin dark blue ring handles with knobbed tail
3 in. (9.5 cm) high