Small pale green blown glass kohl container with a flared rim and coiled trailing threads applied down its sides, against a neutral background.

Blown Glass Kohl Container, Byzantine, 5th-6th Century

A small pale green blown glass vessel with a flaring rim and a narrow, slightly flattened body. Two applied trailing threads wind in coil-like loops down each side, and the surface shows iridescent weathering and a dark mineral deposit near the upper body.

Artist: Byzantine
Date: 5th-6th century
Medium: Glass, blown technique
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 843 × 1465 px

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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Theodore W. and Frances S. Robinson

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