Lot Essay
Cf. D. B. Harden, Catalogue of Greek and Roman Glass in The British Museum, I, London, 1981, p. 88, no. 214. Harden, Mediterranean Group I,c,ii,a,2 for an example of this unusual brown glass type.
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CIRCA 6TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
Details
AN EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN CORE-FORMED GLASS AMPHORISKOS
CIRCA 6TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
The dark brown body wound with opaque yellow and turquoise marvered zigzags and yellow spiral bands, the everted rim edged with a yellow trail, twin applied handles and knobbed foot
3 in. (7.6 cm.) high
CIRCA 6TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
The dark brown body wound with opaque yellow and turquoise marvered zigzags and yellow spiral bands, the everted rim edged with a yellow trail, twin applied handles and knobbed foot
3 in. (7.6 cm.) high
Provenance
Carl Kempe collection (1884-1967): sold Bonhams London, 29 April 2004, lot 97.
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