Glass alabastron, Late Hellenistic, 2nd –1st century , Greek, Glass; core-formed, Group III, H. 3 3/4 × Dia. 1 11/16 in. (9
Glass alabastron, Late Hellenistic, 2nd –1st century , Greek, Glass; core-formed, Group III, H. 3 3/4 × Dia. 1 11/16 in. ( × cm), Glass, Translucent cobalt blue, appearing black; opaque white trail. Two conjoining fragments of straight-sided fusiform body expanding downward, then tapering in to bottom. Single white trail wound in a spiral around body and tooled into a festoon pattern with sixteen upward strokes, continuing in a plain spiral in two turns around lower part of body; another white trail applied vertically below, drawn up and then round in a downward spiral in five turns ending around bottom
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