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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF JOHN F. FORT
A LATE ROMAN GLASS AMPHORISKOS
CIRCA 4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D.
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A LATE ROMAN GLASS AMPHORISKOS
CIRCA 4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D.
Yellow-green in color, free blown, the piriform body on a pedestal foot, with a tall cylindrical neck flaring to a funnel mouth, the rim infolded, with an applied ring bisecting the neck, the twin handles applied to the shoulders and pulled up to the neck ring
5 13/16 in. (14.8 cm.) high
CIRCA 4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D.
Yellow-green in color, free blown, the piriform body on a pedestal foot, with a tall cylindrical neck flaring to a funnel mouth, the rim infolded, with an applied ring bisecting the neck, the twin handles applied to the shoulders and pulled up to the neck ring
5 13/16 in. (14.8 cm.) high
Provenance
Antiquities, Sotheby's, New York, 13 June 1996, lot 162.
Exhibited
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Glass of Imperial Rome from the John F. Fort Collection, 2 June-6 October 2002.
Brought to you by
G. Max Bernheimer