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Aryballos, 6th-4th century BC. Two Perfume Flasks with Zigzags. Additional Info: Core-formed aryballos of cobalt blue glass wound and decorated with vertically combed threads of opaque yellow and turquoise to create zigzagged and feathered motifs. Below are two yellow threads flanking a turquoise thread. The bottom has a yellow dot surrounded by a turquoise ring. The rim is in added turquoise with a dark-blue thread wrapped around its edge. Two "dolphin" handles form loops under the rim, one dark-blue, the other yellow.