A Greek core-formed alabastron
Eastern Mediterranean, 2nd-1st Century B.C.
Of dark blue glass, decorated with opaque white spiral trailing around the disc rim and neck, the shoulder with applied yellow lug handles, the body with white trailing combed in a feather pattern, reverting to a spiral design towards the tapering base, 5in (12.5cm)
Eastern Mediterranean, 2nd-1st Century B.C.
Of dark blue glass, decorated with opaque white spiral trailing around the disc rim and neck, the shoulder with applied yellow lug handles, the body with white trailing combed in a feather pattern, reverting to a spiral design towards the tapering base, 5in (12.5cm)
Sold for
£3,000
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Provenance:
Gert von Hassel Collection (1944-2009), formed 1970-1983 and accompanied by a copy of the collector's notes.
Literature:
For an alabastron of the same form and colours cf. S Matheson, Ancient glass in the Yale University Art Gallery, (1980), p.11 fig 33.
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