A Roman translucent pale aubergine streaked glass amphora, with piriform body and everted mouth with inward-folded rim, the lower half of the body decorated with a fine spiralling trail, twin vertical handles applied to the rim and shoulder, multicoloured iridescence -- 4¾in. (12.1cm.) high, 1st Century A.D.

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A Roman translucent pale aubergine streaked glass amphora, with piriform body and everted mouth with inward-folded rim, the lower half of the body decorated with a fine spiralling trail, twin vertical handles applied to the rim and shoulder, multicoloured iridescence -- 4¾in. (12.1cm.) high, 1st Century A.D.
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