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PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK FAMILY COLLECTION
A ROMAN GLASS AMPHORA
CIRCA 4TH CENTURY A.D.
Details
A ROMAN GLASS AMPHORA
CIRCA 4TH CENTURY A.D.
Pale yellow in color, the long cylindrical body mold-blown then further inflated, with vertical ribs along the body, tapering to a flat base, the rounded shoulders, cylindrical neck and mouth free-blown, the rim folded in, with an applied blue-green ring under the rim, another on the neck, and applied twin blue-green handles
9 in. (22.9 cm.) high
CIRCA 4TH CENTURY A.D.
Pale yellow in color, the long cylindrical body mold-blown then further inflated, with vertical ribs along the body, tapering to a flat base, the rounded shoulders, cylindrical neck and mouth free-blown, the rim folded in, with an applied blue-green ring under the rim, another on the neck, and applied twin blue-green handles
9 in. (22.9 cm.) high
Provenance
with Joseph Stieglitz, Tel Aviv, 1969.