4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.

細節

A HELLENISTIC CORE-FORMED BROWN GLASS ARYBALLOS
4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
The circular body decorated on either side with a central yellow spot, the edge with an applied white and amber twist trail terminating in two lug handles on the shoulder, an applied yellow trail around the everted rim, repaired
2 in. (5 cm.) high

來源

Wolkenberg collection, New York: sold Christie's London, The Alfred Wolkenberg Collection of Ancient Glass, 9 July 1991, lot 181.

注意事項

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拍品專文

Cf. S. M. Goldstein, Pre-Roman and Early Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, 1979, p. 129, no. 267, for similar. It is suggested that the twisted trail around the edge probably imitates a thong used to carry the vessel.