A ROMAN MARBLED WHITE AND PALE GREEN GLASS AMPHORISKOS

CIRCA 14-80 A.D.

Details

A ROMAN MARBLED WHITE AND PALE GREEN GLASS AMPHORISKOS
CIRCA 14-80 A.D.
The semi-opaque ovoid body with opaque white marbling, the cylindrical neck with inward-folded rim, with splayed foot and concave base, the elegantly looped opaque white twin-handles applied at shoulder and under rim
4 ¼ in. (10.8 cm.) high

Provenance

Acquired prior to 1987.

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Lot Essay

Vessels of this form seem to have originated in the Tiberian-Claudian period, and enjoyed a brief but widespread popularity until around 80 A.D. Whitehouse notes they are "usually found in relatively rich graves" in Italy and the surrounding Western provinces (1997, p. 167). See no. 293 in this publication for a very similar semi-opaque white bottle, but with deep blue twin handles.

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