Lot 96
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AN ACHAEMENID ROD-FORMED GLASS KOHL VESSEL
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AN ACHAEMENID ROD-FORMED GLASS KOHL VESSEL

CIRCA 5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.

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AN ACHAEMENID ROD-FORMED GLASS KOHL VESSEL
CIRCA 5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
Of dark green glass, appearing black, the lip with twisted coil of opaque yellow and pale blue around the rim, with short cylindrical neck and four vestigial knobs on the shoulder, the tapering body of square section, with marvered opaque pale blue chevrons between thick opaque yellow bands, with opaque turquoise and yellow zig-zags around the middle, the base flattened
3 in. (7.6 cm.) high
Provenance
Formerly in a private Swiss collection, acquired in the 1980s.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 17.5% on the buyer's premium.

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Lot Essay

For a related example also in dark green, cf. D.F. Grose, The Toledo Museum of Art, Early Ancient Glass, New York, 1989, p. 86, fig. 31. This type belongs to Barag Group IB, cf. D.P. Barag, Rod-Formed Kohl Tubes of the Mid-First Millennium, B.C., New York 1975, pp. 26-27.

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