A PHOENICIAN CORE-FORMED GLASS ALABASTRON

Rare translucent green matrix.

Late 6TH to 5TH Century BC

10.5 cm (4 1/8 inches)

Ex: Private Italian collection, Giorgio Sangiorgi (d. 1965)

(#gl2690gk)

Published: 

Antiquarium, Ltd.; Ancient Treasures XVII (London, 2018) p.28

Christie's; Ancient Glass Formerly in the Sangiorgi Collection (New York, 06.03.1999) p.12, lot8

Comparandum:

Metropolitan Museum of Art  acc. nos. 17.194.765; 17.194.781