SidG012
Sidonian light purple amphoriskos with tendril scrolls ornament.
1st century AD
H. 7.55cm (3 in.)
Intact, with fine silvery iridescence.
$3,750.
Ex. Israeli private collection, 1960’s - early 1970’s.
The amphoriskos with bulbous body, short cylindrical neck, folded rim, on two planes base. Two handles applied from neck to body. The main register in the central part of the body is decorated with a relief of tendril scrolls ornament. The upper and lower registers are decorated with a relief of vertical ribbing.
Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol. II, New York, 2001, Cat. No. 512, pp. 42-43.
Israeli, Y., Ancient Glass in the Israel Museum: The Eliahu Dobkin Collection and Other Gifts, Jerusalem, 2003, p. 138, nos. 144, 145.
Stern, E. M., Roman Mold-blown Glass. The First Through Sixth Centuries, The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, 1995, pp. 152-153, figs. 55-58.
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