Rock-crystal ovoid vessel with wide mouth, Late Classical or Early Hellenistic, 4th–3rd century B.C., Greek, Eastern Mediterranean, Rock crystal, H. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm); diameter 1 5/8 in. (4.2 cm), Miscellaneous-Stone Vases, The two vertical lugs are pierced to accommodate a string for suspension, or conceivably a missing lid. Rock crystal, a precious stone in antiquity, was thought to be a special form of real ice.
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Rock-crystal ovoid vessel, wide mouth, Late Classical, Early Hellenistic, 4th–3rd century B.C, Greek, Eastern Mediterranean, Rock crystal, H, 2 1/4, 5.7 cm, diameter 1 5/8, 4.2, Miscellaneous-Stone Vases, two, vertical, lugs, pierced, accommodate, string, suspension, conceivably, missing lid, precious stone, antiquity, thought, special form, real ice
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