Alabastron

Eastern Mediterranean, 6th – 4th Century BC

Cobalt blue glass, opaque yellow and white glass for the thread.

H 8.8 cm

Alabastron in sand core technique with cylindrical body, short neck and flat rim. A yellow thread attached at rim edge. Corpus decorated with opaque yellow and white feather pattern, which ends as a surrounding band in the lower area. Recomposed from two fragments; small part filled in, part of one handle missing.

Published

Galerie Günter Puhze catalogue Kunst der Antike 6, Freiburg im Breisgau 1985, no. 313

Provenance

German private collection H. W. (1931-2018), acquired 1985 on the German art market.

Accompanied by an IADAA Interpol search certificate.

Price

€ 3.800

Item

7426

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