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CIRCA 4TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.
Details
A LATE ROMAN/EARLY BYZANTINE GLASS JAR
CIRCA 4TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.
Dark brown, the thick-walled vessel with inverted base and flaring conical mouth, decorated with opaque white and red marvered threads tooled into a festoon pattern, silver iridescence
4¼ in. (10.8 cm.) high
CIRCA 4TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.
Dark brown, the thick-walled vessel with inverted base and flaring conical mouth, decorated with opaque white and red marvered threads tooled into a festoon pattern, silver iridescence
4¼ in. (10.8 cm.) high
Provenance
Sold Sotheby's New York, 5 June 1999, lot 241.
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