This diminutive vessel must have once contained
a most rare and precious substance, be it
fragrant perfume or healing ointment. Cobalt
blue on color, it rests on an outsplayed foot that
is slightly convex below. It has rounded
shoulders, a cylindrical neck, trefoil mouth, and
a single handle. Opaque yellow and turquoise
threads have been wound spirally on the body
and then tooled into a zigzag pattern in the
middle band. Furthermore, the edges of the foot
and the rim have been decorated with a
turquoise thread. While the precious contents
this jar once held have long vanished, the beauty
of the container itself has only been amplified
with age. Today, its worth far outweighs the
value of any perfume it might have once
contained.
- (GF.0348)
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