Lot no. 656
PHOENICIAN GLASS UNGUENTARIUM WITH ZIG-ZAG MOTIF.
Ca. 400 - 200 BC. A glass unguentarium, made of translucent light blue glass decorated with trails in opaque white. The vessel has an elongated pyriform body, tapering downward to a small pad-base with an uneven flat bottom. White twisted trails have been applied under the rim disc and around the body. White trails with a zigzag motif have also been attached at the top of the body and wind down as alternate circular lines. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number: 17.194.773. Size: 100mm x 40mm; Weight: 45g Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Thierry De Maigret, 17 April, 2010, Lot 18.
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