A FINE AND RARE COLORED GLASS ANIMAL FORM UNGUENTARIUM, SYRIA, 7TH-9TH CENTURY
With two free-blown tubular flasks of transparent colorless glass encased in trails of purple hot-worked glass in the form of rippling vertical flanges with two lug handles set on four naturalistic animal feet with the tail, long neck, ears and mouth of a quadruped, possibly a camel. 9 cm. height
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With two free-blown tubular flasks of transparent colorless glass encased in trails of purple hot-worked glass in the form of rippling vertical flanges with two lug handles set on four naturalistic animal feet with the tail, long neck, ears and mouth of a quadruped, possibly a camel. 9 cm. height
