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Pre-Roman Glass


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Eastern Mediterranean core-formed glass Oinochoe.
6th-5th century BC.
H. 13 cm. (5 1/8in.)
The handle broken and reattached with two brakes at the handle. Chip at the rim and at the handle. Strain crack from shoulder to the body. No restoration.High glossy surface.
Ex. Devor glass collection, Jerusalem, prior to 1977.
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The cobalt blue glass oinochoe with piriform body on convex base with short cylindrical neck and trefoil rim. One cobalt blue glass handle attached from shoulder to rim. Opaque yellow decoration in horizontal zigzag pattern at the center of the body enclosed by yellow horizontal trails at the upper and lower parts of the body. Opaque yellow trail applied around the edge of the rim and around the base.

Catalogued by Prof. D. Barag, Devor Collection Catalogue, May 1977.


Cf.  Grose, D. F., - Toledo 1989, p. 151, no. 118 (color plate p. 99).


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