A LATE HELLENISTIC POTTERY 'PINECONE' AMPHORA
2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.
The footed vessel with concave neck and flaring rim flanked by twin vertical handles, the tapering body moulded in the form of a pinecone with ovolo frieze above, remains of black glaze, small rim chip
8¾ in. (22.2 cm.) high
Lot Essay
Cf. Antiken aud rheinischem Privatbesitz, Rheinischen Landesmuseum, Bonn, 1973, p. 75, no. 104, pl. 54ff. for related vessels.