An Achamenid rod-formed opaque 'black' glass kohl-tube

5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.

细节
An Achamenid rod-formed opaque 'black' glass kohl-tube
5th-4th Century B.C.
Of tapering four-sided form, with four knops on the shoulder, the body decorated with opaque white marvered zigzags and horizontal lines above and below, two turquoise and two yellow trails running down each corner, the short neck with a yellow and white spiral trail, repaired with some restoration
3 3/8in. (8.6cm.) high
来源
Benzian Collection: sold Sotheby's, London, 7 July 1994, lot 44.

拍品专文

Cf. D. F. Grose, Early Ancient Glass, The Toledo Museum of Art, 1989, p. 86, no. 31 for a similar vessel.