Amphoriskos

Eastern Mediterranean, 3rd – 2nd Century BC

Blue glass, opaque white glass for the thread.

H 14.4 cm

Amphoriscos in sand-core technique with ovoid body and separately manufactured foot in blue glass. The body decorated with opaque white feather pattern.Opaque white spiral threads on shoulder, neck and lower body. Two blue glass handles, attached on opposite side. Small cracks on one side of the corpus; one handle restored. Old label on the base.

cf.

3000 Jahre Glaskunst, Luzern 1981, no. 120 - 124

Provenance

German private collection Dr. W., acquired between the 1960s and 2005.

Accompanied by an IADAA Interpol search certificate.

Price

€ 3,300

Item

7509

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