A GREEN CORE-FORMED AMPHORISKOS, the ovoid body tapering to a knopped base, the tall cylindrical neck with thick everted rim, the body decorated with white marvered festooning, the lower body and neck with spiralling trail, with pale translucent turquoise twin handles and knop base, repaired with some restoration, 2nd-1st Century B.C.

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A GREEN CORE-FORMED AMPHORISKOS, the ovoid body tapering to a knopped base, the tall cylindrical neck with thick everted rim, the body decorated with white marvered festooning, the lower body and neck with spiralling trail, with pale translucent turquoise twin handles and knop base, repaired with some restoration, 2nd-1st Century B.C.
6in. (15cm.) high

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