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CIRCA 5TH CENTURY B.C.
Details
AN EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN CORE-FORMED GLASS ALABASTRON
CIRCA 5TH CENTURY B.C.
Dark blue in color, the cylindrical body with rounded bottom and shoulders, cylindrical neck and horizontal disk rim, with an opaque turquoise thread wound spirally on the body, marvered and tooled into a zigzag pattern, applied turquoise on the rim, the twin vertical ring handles with knobbed tails
4¼ in. (10.8 cm.) high
CIRCA 5TH CENTURY B.C.
Dark blue in color, the cylindrical body with rounded bottom and shoulders, cylindrical neck and horizontal disk rim, with an opaque turquoise thread wound spirally on the body, marvered and tooled into a zigzag pattern, applied turquoise on the rim, the twin vertical ring handles with knobbed tails
4¼ in. (10.8 cm.) high
Provenance
American Private Collection, 1970s.