A Greco-Phoenician Core Formed Glass Hydriske, Circa 400 B.C.E – 300 B.C.E.
H. 7.5 cm
HC_GL_1075
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Provenance
Found in the Samaria, Jerusalem private collection, 1980s.
A wide-bodied jar that tapers to a small foot with
squat extension to the jar, two handles are placed at either side of the upper
body of the piece, with a third longer slender handle on the back extending
from the neck to the body of the container. The neck itself is elongated and
then flared to create a wide lip, which is then decorated with a single line of
yellow glass. The body itself was formed upside down on a core, then decorated
with white, yellow and blue glass and then patterned accordingly while still
hot. Over the whole example, a lovely silvery patina is present.