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CIRCA LATE 6TH-EARLY 5TH CENTURY B.C.
Details
AN EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN CORE-FORMED GLASS ALABASTRON
CIRCA LATE 6TH-EARLY 5TH CENTURY B.C.
Opaque white in color, the elongated oval body with a rounded bottom, tapering shoulders, a short cylindrical neck and a horizontal disk rim, with a turquoise green marvered thread wound spirally along the body and tooled into a zigzag pattern, shallow vertical indentations on the body from the tooling, a turquoise green thread on the rim and twin opaque white vertical handles on the shoulders
5 7/16 in. (13.8 cm.) high
CIRCA LATE 6TH-EARLY 5TH CENTURY B.C.
Opaque white in color, the elongated oval body with a rounded bottom, tapering shoulders, a short cylindrical neck and a horizontal disk rim, with a turquoise green marvered thread wound spirally along the body and tooled into a zigzag pattern, shallow vertical indentations on the body from the tooling, a turquoise green thread on the rim and twin opaque white vertical handles on the shoulders
5 7/16 in. (13.8 cm.) high
Provenance
Dr. and Mrs. Herbert Hidde, Massachusetts.
American Private Collection, acquired 1980.
American Private Collection, acquired 1980.