EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN CIRCA 5TH CENTURY B.C.
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A CORE-FORMED GLASS AMPHORISKOS
eastern mediterranean
circa 5th century b.c.
Cobalt blue in color, the top-shaped body with twin handles, a cylindrical neck, and inward-sloping rim, on a base knob, with opaque yellow and turquoise threads wound spirally on the body and tooled into a zig-zag pattern at the middle
3 in. (7.6 cm) high
eastern mediterranean
circa 5th century b.c.
Cobalt blue in color, the top-shaped body with twin handles, a cylindrical neck, and inward-sloping rim, on a base knob, with opaque yellow and turquoise threads wound spirally on the body and tooled into a zig-zag pattern at the middle
3 in. (7.6 cm) high