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SIX FAIENCE AND GLASS VESSELS
Comprising an Egyptian miniature faience pilgrim flask, the body encircled by a raised band, New Kingdom, circa 1200 B.C., 1 ¾ in. (4.4 cm.) high; a Mesopotamian opaque green glass core-formed aryballos, with globular body, yellow trail around the rim and twin lug handles, circa late 8th Century B.C., 1¾ in. (4.4 cm.) high; a Eastern Mediterranean miniature core-formed baluster vessel, cobalt blue with opaque white and yellow marvered trails tooled into a zigzag pattern on the body, circa 3rd Century B.C., 1 ½ in. (4 cm.) high; an Eastern Mediterranean pale green glass jug, the square-shaped body with vertical ribbing, tall cylindrical neck and flaring mouth, thin trailed cobalt blue handle, circa 4th Century A.D., 3 ½ in. (9 cm.) high; a Roman miniature pale green glass jar with black ring foot and twelve small black vertical handles applied from the shoulder to the the edge of folded rim, circa 4th-5th Century A.D., 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm.) high; and a Roman miniature pale blue squat jar, with flat base and wide double folded rim, circa 3rd Century A.D., 1 in. (2.5 cm.)
Comprising an Egyptian miniature faience pilgrim flask, the body encircled by a raised band, New Kingdom, circa 1200 B.C., 1 ¾ in. (4.4 cm.) high; a Mesopotamian opaque green glass core-formed aryballos, with globular body, yellow trail around the rim and twin lug handles, circa late 8th Century B.C., 1¾ in. (4.4 cm.) high; a Eastern Mediterranean miniature core-formed baluster vessel, cobalt blue with opaque white and yellow marvered trails tooled into a zigzag pattern on the body, circa 3rd Century B.C., 1 ½ in. (4 cm.) high; an Eastern Mediterranean pale green glass jug, the square-shaped body with vertical ribbing, tall cylindrical neck and flaring mouth, thin trailed cobalt blue handle, circa 4th Century A.D., 3 ½ in. (9 cm.) high; a Roman miniature pale green glass jar with black ring foot and twelve small black vertical handles applied from the shoulder to the the edge of folded rim, circa 4th-5th Century A.D., 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm.) high; and a Roman miniature pale blue squat jar, with flat base and wide double folded rim, circa 3rd Century A.D., 1 in. (2.5 cm.)
Provenance
Item one: Plesch collection (AGv 4B); acquired D. Bowring, London, April 1978.
Item two: Plesch collection (AGv 4hA); acquired C. Sheppard, London, March 1978.
Item three: Plesch collection (AGv 4A); acquired Dr. L. Mildenberg, Zurich, December 1977.
Item four: Plesch collection (AGv 9hC); acquired H. Vollmoeller, Zurich, April 1961.
Item five: Plesch collection (AGv 4); acquired Dr. L. Mildenberg, Zurich, January 1973.
Item six: Plesch collection (AGv 3); acquired Dr. L. Mildenberg, Zurich, December 1977.
Item two: Plesch collection (AGv 4hA); acquired C. Sheppard, London, March 1978.
Item three: Plesch collection (AGv 4A); acquired Dr. L. Mildenberg, Zurich, December 1977.
Item four: Plesch collection (AGv 9hC); acquired H. Vollmoeller, Zurich, April 1961.
Item five: Plesch collection (AGv 4); acquired Dr. L. Mildenberg, Zurich, January 1973.
Item six: Plesch collection (AGv 3); acquired Dr. L. Mildenberg, Zurich, December 1977.
Exhibited
Item four: noted as exhibited at Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1962.
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