Lot 11B
Greece, Hellenistic, ca. 1st century BCE to 1st century CE. A rare piece, this piriform flask with a pear-shaped body that tapers to a tubular neck and a slightly flared rim, and rests upon a concave bottom, is an example of an astoundingly elaborate creation of the ancient glass industry, the gold-band technique. The ancient artist actually sandwiched canes of gold glass between glass of various opaque hues, including deep cobalt blue, lavender, beige, and white, all fused together into a mesmerizing swirling pattern that pools into mesmerizing eddies of color. A masterful example created via a painstaking technique, truly awe-inspiring! Size: 1.875" in diameter at widest x 2.625" H (4.8 cm x 6.7 cm)
An alabastron created via this technique appears on the front cover of Fortuna Fine Arts' landmark catalogue entitled, "Solid Liquid" (New York, 1999). The authors of this catalogue aptly described the technique as follows, "This effect was achieved by using canes of colorless glass which enclosed a thin layer of gold leaf. These special canes were fused together with canes of different color glass, creating vessels of stunning beauty through which the gold leaf appears to flow freely."
Provenance: private New Jersey USA collection, acquired over twenty years ago
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- Condition: Near choice if not choice. Marvelous areas or rainbow iridescence on body and underside.
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