GrG015
Eastern Mediterranean blue core form glass oinochoe with yellow and turquoise ornament.
6th-5th century BC
H. 9 cm (3 ½ in.)
Restoration at the upper part of the handle, otherwise perfect.
$8,800.
The oinochoe with piriform body on convex base with short cylindrical neck and trefoil rim. One handle attached from shoulder to rim.
Opaque yellow and turquoise decoration, with three yellow spiral rings at the upper part of the body, two above the base, and horizontal zigzag pattern in yellow and turquoise at the center of the body. Opaque yellow trail around the edge of the rim.
Cf. Grose, D. F., New York, 1989, p. 149, no. 114 (color plate p. 96).
Israeli, Y., Jerusalem, 2003, p. 59, no. 46.
Grose, D. F., The Toledo Museum of Art. Early Ancient Glass, New York, 1989
Israeli, Y., Ancient Glass in the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 2003
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