NEW KINGDOM, 19TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 1292-1185 B.C.

Details

AN EGYPTIAN CORE-FORMED GLASS AMPHORISKOS
NEW KINGDOM, 19TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 1292-1185 B.C.
4 3⁄8 in. (11 cm.) high

Provenance

Dr. Franz Haniel (1883-1965) collection, Germany; thence by descent.

Exhibited

On loan to the Staatliche Antikensammlungen und Glyptothek, Munich, 1966-1972.
On loan to the Archaeological Collection of the University of Zurich, 1973-2020.

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Lot Essay

Said to have been made solely for the royal court, core-formed glass vessels were luxury objects, which became popular from the reigns of Amenhotep III and his son Akhenaten. The rich blues and blue-greens and lustrous surfaces, imitated in glass the colours and appearance of gemstones, especially turquoise and lapis lazuli. For a similar vessel with a raised foot see acc. no. 26.7.1177 in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

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