RG110
Roman light green glass amphora.
3rd–4th century AD.
H. 18.3 cm. (7 3/16in.)
Intact. Richly iridescent.
$1,900.
The amphora with piriform body on tubular ring base, long cylindrical neck, and flaring folded rim. Twin ribbed handles applied from shoulder to neck, ending with a fold.
Cf. Matheson, S. B., Yale University Art Gallery, 1980, p. 85, fig. 230.
Auth, S. H., Newark Museum, 1976, p. 219, fig. 452 (with trails)
Matheson, S. B., Ancient Glass in the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut.
Auth, S. H., Ancient Glass at the Newark Museum from the Eugene Schaefer Collection of Antiquities, Newark Museum, N. J., 1976.
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