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A NEW YORK PRIVATE COLLECTION OF ANCIENT GLASS
AN EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN CORE-FORMED GLASS ALABSTRON
CIRCA LATE 6TH-EARLY 5TH CENTURY B.C.
Details
AN EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN CORE-FORMED GLASS ALABSTRON
Circa Late 6th-Early 5th Century B.C.
Opaque white in color, the tapering cylindrical body with rounded base, a cylindrical neck and horizontal rim-disk, with an applied aubergine marvered thread wound spirally along the neck and body, tooled into a zig-zag pattern in the middle of the body, aubergine on the rim, with twin white vertical handles with knobbed tails
4 in. (10.2 cm) high
Circa Late 6th-Early 5th Century B.C.
Opaque white in color, the tapering cylindrical body with rounded base, a cylindrical neck and horizontal rim-disk, with an applied aubergine marvered thread wound spirally along the neck and body, tooled into a zig-zag pattern in the middle of the body, aubergine on the rim, with twin white vertical handles with knobbed tails
4 in. (10.2 cm) high
Provenance
London Art Market, 1997
Exhibited
Newark Museum, Fire and Light, 3000 Years of Glass Artistry, August 2001-January 2002