Sidonian Amphoriskos
Roman, 1st Century AD
Light olive green glass.
H 7.5 cm
Mold-blown Amphoriskos with ovoid body, flat bottom, cylindrical neck and flaring rim. From shoulder to neck two opposite handles. A central band of tendril scrolls bordered above and below by a horizontal raised line. Shoulder area and lower body decorated with tongue pattern. Unbroken, cracks in neck and rim.
cf.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Accession Number: 17.194.223
Catalogoe Glass from the ancient world – The Ray Winfield Smith collection, Corning 1957, no. 75
Exhibition catalogue – 3000 Jahre Glaskunst von der Antike bis zum Jugendstil, Kunstmuseum Luzern 1981, no. 254
Provenance
German private collection H. W. (1931-2018), acquired between 1993 and 1996 on the German art market.
Accompanied by an IADAA Interpol search certificate.
Price
€ 1,800
Item
7431