100-200+- BCE, Rare Phoenician-Greek Core-Form Colored Glass

Ceremonial Perfume Vase with Royalty Bronze Decorations

The core-form technique imposed certain restrictions on size, but the limited repertoire of colors and designs was inspired largely by other factors. Certainly, in tandem with the core-form industry, there developed another that used a casting technique to create open shapes such as bowls and dishes as well as closed containers. Here glass workers seem to have been more willing to experiment with new shapes, colors, and forms of decoration, including cold-cutting. The conservatism of the core-form industry must surely be attributed to the special position that its products held in society.

From Private Collection

Beautiful And Very Unique as shown on photos

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