A MOSAIC GLASS PYXIS

细节
A MOSAIC GLASS PYXIS
Late 1st Century B.C./A.D.

Of cylindrical form with upper exterior rim cut back to fit lid (now missing), composed of a translucent turquoise matrix with opaque red and yellow canes, chip to rim, repaired, Eastern Mediterranean
2 1/8in. (5.4cm.) diam.; 1¾in. (4.3cm.) high

拍品专文

Cf. S. M. Goldstein, Pre-Roman and Early Roman Glass, The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York, 1979, pp. 191-2, nos. 517-8 for this rare type of pyxis