Achaemenid Glass Kohl Pot
Circa 4th century B.C. A polychrome opaque glass kohl pot formed with a tapering square-section body, rounded base and a small globular finial to each corner of the shoulder; whitish zigzag motif to each face against a black ground, the vertical corners traced in mustard-yellow. Cf. The British Museum, museum number 135125, for a very similar example. 38 grams, 73 mm high (2 7/8 in.). London collection since the 1980s. Property of a Canadian family. [No Reserve]