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Chamberstick with wide base
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Large chamberstick with protruding and circular base. Multi-lobed buckle. Spherical base. Quartz-fritte paste (white). Black painted decoration under a turquoise, alkaline and transparent glaze. The side of the base is decorated with six motifs in high relief: two human faces and four floral elements with plant motifs in between. At the bottom and top of the base, above the kink and at the base: four turquoise pseudo-epigraphy bands cut out on a black background. On the spherical part: five horizontal bands with braided lines. Turquoise glaze on the inside of the base.
Title: Chamberstick with wide base
Description:
Large chamberstick with protruding and circular base.
Multi-lobed buckle.
Spherical base.
Quartz-fritte paste (white).
Black painted decoration under a turquoise, alkaline and transparent glaze.
The side of the base is decorated with six motifs in high relief: two human faces and four floral elements with plant motifs in between.
At the bottom and top of the base, above the kink and at the base: four turquoise pseudo-epigraphy bands cut out on a black background.
On the spherical part: five horizontal bands with braided lines.
Turquoise glaze on the inside of the base.
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