Glass alabastron, Late Hellenistic, 2nd –1st century B.C., Greek, Glass; core-formed, Group III, H. 3 3/4 × Dia. 1 11/16 in. (9.5 × 4.3 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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Glass alabastron, Late Hellenistic, 2nd –1st century B.C, Greek, Glass, core-formed, Group III, H, 3 3/4, Dia, 1 11/16, 9.5, 4.3 cm, Translucent cobalt, blue, appearing black, opaque white, trail, Two conjoining, fragments, straight-sided fusiform, body, expanding, downward, tapering, bottom, Single, wound, spiral, tooled, festoon pattern, sixteen upward, strokes, continuing, plain spiral, two turns, lower part, another, applied, vertically, drawn up, round, downward, five, ending
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