A CORE-FORMED GLASS ARYBALLOS
A CORE-FORMED GLASS ARYBALLOS

EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN, CIRCA LATE 6TH-5TH CENTURY B.C.

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A CORE-FORMED GLASS ARYBALLOS
eastern mediterranean, circa late 6th-5th century b.c.
The globular vessel with cylindrical neck, a broad, inward sloping rim-disk, and two handles extending from the shoulders to the rim, of dark blue ground with opaque yellow and turquoise blue threads wound spirally on the body and tooled into a zigzag at the mid section
2 in. (5.7 cm.) high