and especially the head--suggestive of many animals at once but none in literal form
Wear and repair to box as evident
purely decorative pieces around the top
no chips or cracks or other flaws at all that I can see
creating an excellent example of Spencerian writing
18th C. Hand-blown Emerald Green Glass Unguentarium-esque Phial Korean ginger jar and especially the head--suggestive ofI don't buy much glass, and when I do it is almost always from a dealer I love in New Hampshire, who knows his glass and likes early glass, as I do. He dated this piece to the 18th century, which I trust and which a little comparative research certainly seems to bear out, though I'm not sure its place of origin. For me its all about the color, a very rich emerald green, and the ungeuentarium type form (long neck, bulbous bottom, splayed lip; one of