PHOENICIAN GLASS UNGUENTARIUM WITH ZIG-ZAG MOTIF

Ca. 400 - 200 BC A Phoenician glass unguentarium, made with translucent light blue glass decorated with trails in opaque white. The vessel has an elongated pyriform body, tapering downward to a small pad-base with an uneven flat bottom. White twisted trails have been applied under the rim-disk and around the body. White trails with zig-zag motif have also been attached at top of body and wind down as alternate circular lines. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number: 17.194.773.
Size: 100mm x 40mm; Weight: 45g
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Thierry De Maigret, 17 April, 2010, Lot 18.

Estimate: GBP 450 - 900