Lot 80

A LARGE HELLENISTIC CORE-FORMED GLASS AMPHORISKOS

2ND/MID-1ST CENTURY B.C.

Closed28 April 2009

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GBP 21,250

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A LARGE HELLENISTIC CORE-FORMED GLASS AMPHORISKOS
2ND/MID-1ST CENTURY B.C.
The iridescent ovoid body, tall neck and everted rim wound with marvered opaque red and white spiral threads, tooled into a feather pattern around the body, with applied amber-yellow twin handles and knob base
7¼ in. (18.5 cm.) high

Plesch collection (AGv 17h); acquired from Dr Leo Mildenberg, Zurich, December 1977.