Roman green Glass Amphoriskos
Roman green Glass Amphoriskos
Roman green Glass Amphoriskos
Roman green Glass Amphoriskos
Roman green Glass Amphoriskos
Roman green Glass Amphoriskos
Roman green Glass Amphoriskos
Roman green Glass Amphoriskos
Roman green Glass Amphoriskos
Roman green Glass Amphoriskos
Roman green Glass Amphoriskos
Roman green Glass Amphoriskos Roman green Glass Amphoriskos Roman green Glass Amphoriskos Roman green Glass Amphoriskos Roman green Glass Amphoriskos

Roman green Glass Amphoriskos

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Eastern Mediterranean, circa 1st to 3rd Century AD
An elegant free-blown glass amphoriskos of amphora form, fashioned from translucent green glass. The vessel rises from a rounded base to a full ovoid body with prominent vertical indentations (tooled ribs), tapering to a cylindrical neck that flares to a wide, flat-folded disk mouth. Two applied ribbon handles of matching green glass are attached at the shoulder, arching upward to join the neck with characteristically looped terminals.
Size: 6¼ inches (15.8 cm) Height + custom mount
Condition Intact. Areas of sandy incrustation and surface deposits consistent with burial remain.

Glass amphoriskoi of this type were luxury vessels used to store perfumed oils, unguents, or wine in wealthy Roman households. The amphora form deliberately echoes the shape of the large ceramic transport amphoras used throughout the Mediterranean, scaled down here to an intimate tabletop size. The olive-green color indicates the use of naturally occurring iron impurities in the sand, characteristic of Syro-Palestinian and Eastern Mediterranean glass production

Provenance: Property from a New York City 5th ave estate.

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