An opaque 'black' core-formed glass cosmetic or 'mystic' jar, with twin handles, the body with applied turquoise zigzag trail around the shoulder, on knob foot -- 2 1/8in. (5.5cm) high, circa 5th Century A.D., Eastern Mediterranean; and a turquoise glass weight, of disc form, with iridescence -- 106.4 grams weight, 2 7/8in. (7.4cm.) diam., Eastern Mediterranean, Roman/Byzantine period (2)

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An opaque 'black' core-formed glass cosmetic or 'mystic' jar, with twin handles, the body with applied turquoise zigzag trail around the shoulder, on knob foot -- 2 1/8in. (5.5cm) high, circa 5th Century A.D., Eastern Mediterranean; and a turquoise glass weight, of disc form, with iridescence -- 106.4 grams weight, 2 7/8in. (7.4cm.) diam., Eastern Mediterranean, Roman/Byzantine period (2)

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Item two: see lot 55 for a similar glass weight, smaller in size.

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