Lot Essay
For a closely related example see no. 23 in Symes, Hardstones from the Ancient World.
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CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
Details
A ROMAN ROCK CRYSTAL AMPHORISKOS
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
The thin-walled vessel with a pointed base, ovoid body, short cylindrical neck, an overhanging disk rim, slightly inward-tapering and concave on its upper surface, the two angled handles, rectangular in section, merging with the shoulders and the lower portion of the rim, the exterior sculpted with four vertical facets on each side, with slight horizontal carination low on the body and below the shoulders, each facet arching along its upper edge
2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm.) high
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
The thin-walled vessel with a pointed base, ovoid body, short cylindrical neck, an overhanging disk rim, slightly inward-tapering and concave on its upper surface, the two angled handles, rectangular in section, merging with the shoulders and the lower portion of the rim, the exterior sculpted with four vertical facets on each side, with slight horizontal carination low on the body and below the shoulders, each facet arching along its upper edge
2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Inherited by the current owner in 1943; originally acquired by the owner's father in the 1930s.