A GREEK CORE-FORMED GLASS AMPHORISKOS
GLASS The following twenty-three lots (152-174) are from a French private collection formed in the 1970s.
A GREEK CORE-FORMED GLASS AMPHORISKOS

CIRCA 6TH-5TH CENTURY B.C.

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A GREEK CORE-FORMED GLASS AMPHORISKOS
CIRCA 6TH-5TH CENTURY B.C.
The dark blue ovoid body with cylindrical neck and everted rim, applied opaque yellow and turquoise marvered threads wound spirally and tooled into a festoon pattern, yellow and turquoise bands below, applied yellow trail around foot, turquoise trail around rim, twin applied handles
3 1/8 in. (8 cm.) high
Provenance
Private collection, France; acquired on the French art market, 1970s.
Accompanied by a French passport.

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