Greek Trailed Glass Vessel Group
2nd-1st century B.C. A pair of glass vessels with polychrome decoration and iridescent surfaces: an alabastron with fusiform body, conical foot and ledge handles, decorated with yellow feathering and trails; a blue amphoriskos with yellow festooning and trails, knop foot and everted rim; fragmentary. Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession numbers 74.51.322 and 17.194.594, for similar. 197 grams total, 11.3-15 cm high (4 1/2 - 5 7/8 in.). Acquired early 1990s.Ex private American collection; thence by descent.Private collection since 1998. [2]