Glass oinochoe (perfume jug) 4th–3rd century Greek, Eastern Mediterranean Translucent cobalt blue, with handle in same color; trails in opaque yellow and opaque large trefoil rim-disk; short cylindrical neck, tapering upwards; broad rounded shoulder; stright-sided body with pronounced downward taper; applied low circular coiled pad-base, with flattened bottom; strap handle attached to shoulder, drawn up and round in a curve, arching above the rim-disk, and pressed on to top of neck behind yellow trail attached at edge of rim-disk; another fine yellow trail wound s
Glass oinochoe (perfume jug) 4th–3rd century Greek, Eastern Mediterranean Translucent cobalt blue, with handle in same color; trails in opaque yellow and opaque large trefoil rim-disk; short cylindrical neck, tapering upwards; broad rounded shoulder; stright-sided body with pronounced downward taper; applied low circular coiled pad-base, with flattened bottom; strap handle attached to shoulder, drawn up and round in a curve, arching above the rim-disk, and pressed on to top of neck behind yellow trail attached at edge of rim-disk; another fine yellow trail wound spirally more than six times around neck; a third fine yellow trail wound around outer edge of shoulder, then intermingling with a white trail on upper body; both tooled into a close-set zigzag pattern; below, a fourth yellow trail wound horizontally in a single turn; a fifth yellow trail attached at edge of , but some internal cracks in body; some of trails completely weathered, leaving only impressions in side of body; some dulling and pitting, and small patches of iridescence and Glass oinochoe (perfume jug) 249995
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