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Greek core-formed blue glass amphoriskos with turquoise and yellow glass trailing.
6th -5th century BC.
Height: 8.2 cm. (3 1/4 in.)
Intact

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The piriform amphoriskos with short cylindrical neck, flaring rim, twin handles and
knob base. The deep blue glass with turquoise glass trailing applied around rim, and
wound spirally with yellow glass trailing around shoulder, in festoon design, and around the knob base. Vertical ribbing at the body, follow the festoon design.

Cf. Grose, D. F., The Toledo Museum of Art, 1989, Cat. No. 100, p.145



Grose, D. F., - Toledo 1989
Grose, D. F., The Toledo Museum of Art. Early Ancient Glass, New York, 1989

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Greek core-formed blue glass amphoriskos with turquoise and yellow glass trailing.Greek core-formed blue glass amphoriskos with turquoise and yellow glass trailing.Greek core-formed blue glass amphoriskos with turquoise and yellow glass trailing.



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