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CIRCA 2ND-MID 1ST CENTURY B.C.
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AN EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN CORE-FORMED GLASS ALABASTRON
CIRCA 2ND-MID 1ST CENTURY B.C.
Cobalt blue in color, the straight-sided fusiform body with a convex pointed base, tapering neck and horizontal rim-disk, an applied opaque white marvered thread attached at the rim and wound spirally along the entire length of the body, tooled into a festoon pattern along the body, with twin cobalt blue lugs on the shoulders
4½ in. (11.4 cm.) high
CIRCA 2ND-MID 1ST CENTURY B.C.
Cobalt blue in color, the straight-sided fusiform body with a convex pointed base, tapering neck and horizontal rim-disk, an applied opaque white marvered thread attached at the rim and wound spirally along the entire length of the body, tooled into a festoon pattern along the body, with twin cobalt blue lugs on the shoulders
4½ in. (11.4 cm.) high
Provenance
London Art Market, 1992.