Alabastron in opaque blue-black glass. It is decorated with white and turquoise blue horizontal fillets on the top of the body, continuing in a "sawtooth" pattern from the handles. The lip is outlined on the outside with a turquoise blue fillet. It is adorned with two applied handles forming duck heads.
Glass paste. Superb glazing.
Phoenician or Greek art, 5th century B.C.
H. 12.5 cm
Note: these vases, fashioned on clay cores, were mostly found in the Black Sea and Mediterranean regions.
Provenance :
Jean Roudillon Collection
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