Gold and glass paste; vessel from Olbia.
Height 4.6 cm; diameter of the body 3.9 cm; diameter of the lid 2.9 cm. Weight 46.3 g
The State Hermitage, inv.-no. Ол.95
[not listed on the museum website]
“On the shoulders of the flask are soldered casts of plain wire in the shape of petals with the remains of white glass paste inside; soldered on the bottom is a tamga-shaped sign of plain wire.
The hollow figure of a lion decorates the top of the lid. Two other figures of lions with widely outstretched paws are soldered to the sides of the body.” [M. Treister]
[S. Voroniatov, Connections]
