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CIRCA 5TH CENTURY B.C.
Details
AN EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN CORE-FORMED GLASS ALABASTRON
CIRCA 5TH CENTURY B.C.
Possibly from Rhodes, dark blue in color, the slightly tapering cylindrical body with a rounded base, a short cylindrical neck and a broad rim-disk, with an opaque yellow unmarvered thread wound horizontally at the shoulders, another of opaque turquoise below, and opaque yellow and turquoise threads near the base, with opaque yellow thread at the edge of the rim, and twin dark blue vertical ring handles with knobbed tails
4 in. (10.2 cm.) high
CIRCA 5TH CENTURY B.C.
Possibly from Rhodes, dark blue in color, the slightly tapering cylindrical body with a rounded base, a short cylindrical neck and a broad rim-disk, with an opaque yellow unmarvered thread wound horizontally at the shoulders, another of opaque turquoise below, and opaque yellow and turquoise threads near the base, with opaque yellow thread at the edge of the rim, and twin dark blue vertical ring handles with knobbed tails
4 in. (10.2 cm.) high
Provenance
with G. Sangiorgi, Rome.
Ancient Glass Formerly in the G. Sangiorgi Collection, Christie's, New York, 3 June 1999, lot 11.
Ancient Glass Formerly in the G. Sangiorgi Collection, Christie's, New York, 3 June 1999, lot 11.
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