GrG001
Eastern Mediterranean core-formed white and purple glass amphoriskos
6th-5th century BC.
Height: 11.6 cm. (4 5/8 in.)
Perfect condition. Glass surface partly glossy, with pitted areas, partly iridescent.
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The Piriform body with cylindrical neck, applied upper neck, flaring rim, twin handles and knob base. The opaque white glass with deep purple glass marvered thread applied around rim and wound spirally around shoulder and body with festoon design in the center. Upper neck, rim, twin handles and knob base are of darker white. .
Cf. Goldstein, S. M., Corning Museum of Glass, 1979, Cat. No. 260, pp. 125-126
Grose, D. F., Toledo Museum of Art, 1989, Cat. Nos. 94-95, p. 143
Goldstein, S. M., - Corning 1979
Goldstein, S. M., Pre-Roman and Early Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, New York, 1979
Grose, D. F., - Toledo 1989
Grose, D. F., The Toledo Museum of Art. Early Ancient Glass, New York, 1989
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