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5TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
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AN EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN POTTERY SQUAT WINE AMPHORA
5TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
With bulbous body and rounded base, horizontal ribbing around the broad shoulder and lower body, small ribbed handles on shoulder, short neck, 18 in. (45.7 cm.) high; another, with tapered body on ring base, the ribbed broad shoulder with short neck and grooved handles, circa 1st Century A.D., 14 1/8 in. (36 cm.) high; and a large pottery amphora with applied and incised details, the wide neck with two loop handles and a further broad composite handle in the form of a stylized figure with further decorative heads and applied scrolling ornament, rounded base, repaired with restoration, on metal stand, 28 in. (71 cm.) high (3)
5TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
With bulbous body and rounded base, horizontal ribbing around the broad shoulder and lower body, small ribbed handles on shoulder, short neck, 18 in. (45.7 cm.) high; another, with tapered body on ring base, the ribbed broad shoulder with short neck and grooved handles, circa 1st Century A.D., 14 1/8 in. (36 cm.) high; and a large pottery amphora with applied and incised details, the wide neck with two loop handles and a further broad composite handle in the form of a stylized figure with further decorative heads and applied scrolling ornament, rounded base, repaired with restoration, on metal stand, 28 in. (71 cm.) high (3)
Provenance
From an Asian collection acquired during the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Special notice
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