A CORE-FORMED GLASS AMPHORISKOS

A CORE-FORMED GLASS AMPHORISKOS
Eastern Mediterranean, Circa Late 6th-5th Century B.C.
Opaque white in color, the piriform body with rounded shoulders, a cylindrical neck, and inward-sloping rim disk, with twin applied handles and a base knob, with purple thread wound spirally on the body, marvered and tooled into a zig-zag pattern on the body, with purple thread on the edge of the mouth and foot
5 in. (12.7 cm) high