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ANCIENT GLASS FROM THE COLLECTION OF GEOFFREY SOWASH
A BYZANTINE HEXAGONAL GLASS JUG
CIRCA LATE 6TH-EARLY 7TH CENTURY A.D.
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A BYZANTINE HEXAGONAL GLASS JUG
CIRCA LATE 6TH-EARLY 7TH CENTURY A.D.
Amber in color, the body mold blown, the six decorative panels with motifs in sunk relief, including three with concentric lozenges, two with a cross and one with a stylized tree, the cylindrical neck free blown, the trefoil mouth with the rim folded in, the handle pulled up from the shoulders and joined to the edge of the rim
6 1/8 in. (15.6 cm.) high
CIRCA LATE 6TH-EARLY 7TH CENTURY A.D.
Amber in color, the body mold blown, the six decorative panels with motifs in sunk relief, including three with concentric lozenges, two with a cross and one with a stylized tree, the cylindrical neck free blown, the trefoil mouth with the rim folded in, the handle pulled up from the shoulders and joined to the edge of the rim
6 1/8 in. (15.6 cm.) high
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 13 December 1979, lot 246.
Brought to you by
Molly Morse Limmer
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