RG076
Roman light blue amphora with two handles and pointed base.
1st century AD
H. 12cm (4 3/4 in.)
Intact. Extremely light and delicate.
Ex. Israeli private collection, 1960???s - early 1970???s.
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The amphora with rounded conical body, pointed drop-shaped base, convex shoulder, short neck and flaring folded rim. Two handles applied from shoulder to below the rim.
Cf. (Similar shape) Whitehouse, D., Corning Museum of Glass, 1997, p. 169, no. 296.
(similar upper part) Ibid, p. 168, no. 295.
Israeli, Y., Israel Museum, 2003, p. 216, no. 262.
(similar shape without handles): Ibid, p. 116, no. 105.
Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol. I, New York, 1997
Israeli, Y., Ancient Glass in the Israel Museum: The Eliahu Dobkin Collection and Other Gifts, Jerusalem, 2003
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