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In translucent mid blue glass with opaque yellow and turquoise threads. The vessel has a wide rim with everted rim edged in yellow, a short neck and a long tubular body widening at the rounded base. A trail of yellow spirals around the upper half of the body in an anticlockwise direction. The lower half is decorated with rows of turquoise and yellow threads tooled into a zigzag pattern, a trail of yellow and one of turquoise below. Two handles are applied in blue to the shoulders. Rhodian. c. 5th century BC Height: 11 cm Cf. A less elegant example of similar colouring is illustrated in E. Marianne Stern, Birgit Schlick-Nolte, 'Early Glass of the Ancient World, 1600 BC-AD 50. The Ernesto Wolf Collection', pp. 204-205. Provenance: private collection UK |
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Rupert Wace Ancient Art
14 Old Bond Street, London W1S 4PP - Email: info@rupertwace.co.uk |
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