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Giorgio Griffa | Strisce orizzontali (Horizontal Stripes), 1976

Francisco de Zurbarán, Allegory of Charity (detail) c.1655

Roman glass unguentarium in the form of a dove, containing the remains of a balsam

Sealed since its manufacture, containing the remains of balsam and the liquid in which it was once suspended. The vessel would be blown and filled through either the open tail or beak, which would then be reheated to seal it. Accessing the contents would require snapping off the beak or tail, which in this case was never done.

Dated to the 2nd half of the 1st c. CE.

Found at Rovasenda (Vc).

aviel:

Cy Twombly, The Fire The Consumes All Before It (1978)

theancientwayoflife:

~ Nereid (Sea-Nymph) from a Hanging.
Place of origin: Egypt
Period: Byzantine
Date: late 4th – 5th century
Medium: Slit-and dovetailed-tapestry weave probably woven in a linen plain-weave ground; dyed wool, undyed linen.