A BYZANTINE GLASS JAR
A BYZANTINE GLASS JAR

CIRCA 6TH CENTURY A.D.

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A BYZANTINE GLASS JAR
CIRCA 6TH CENTURY A.D.
Amber in color, free-blown, the thick-walled vessel with a concave base and flaring conical mouth, the body with opaque white and red marvered threads wound spirally and tooled into a widely-spaced festoon pattern
3¾ in. (9.5 cm.) high
Provenance
London Art Market, 1991.

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