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Mould-blown in opaque, pale blue glass. The body was blown in a tripartite mould, rising from a low disc base with gadrooning above, each of the six sides take the form of a vertical panel, together forming an arcade, each arch containing a different bird perched on an unidentifiable object, a cylindrical neck with everted lip rises from a sloping shoulder on which are palmettes with in-turned leaves alternating with triangular leaves, rounded protrusions between the gables, the base
moulded with concentric circles. Intact.
This glass comes from the ‘Sidonian’ series. These were likely all made in Sidon, Syria, and date from the 1st-2nd century AD. They were blown into a two- or three-part mould and the seams formed are almost always visible.
Provenance
Summa Galleries Inc., New York, USA, 1981Private collection, New York City, USA
