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拍品 256
A ROMAN ROCK CRYSTAL AMPHORISKOS
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
已结束2011年4月14日
成交价
GBP 55,250
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A ROMAN ROCK CRYSTAL AMPHORISKOS
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
The thin-walled vessel with pointed base, ovoid body, short cylindrical neck, overhanging disk rim, slightly inward-tapering and concave on its upper surface, the two angled handles, rectangular in section, merging with the shoulders and the lower portion of the rim, the exterior sculpted with four vertical facets on each side, with slight horizontal carination low on the body and below the shoulder
2 5/8 in. (6.6 cm.) high
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
The thin-walled vessel with pointed base, ovoid body, short cylindrical neck, overhanging disk rim, slightly inward-tapering and concave on its upper surface, the two angled handles, rectangular in section, merging with the shoulders and the lower portion of the rim, the exterior sculpted with four vertical facets on each side, with slight horizontal carination low on the body and below the shoulder
2 5/8 in. (6.6 cm.) high
A ROMAN ROCK CRYSTAL AMPHORISKOS
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
The thin-walled vessel with pointed base, ovoid body, short cylindrical neck, overhanging disk rim, slightly inward-tapering and concave on its upper surface, the two angled handles, rectangular in section, merging with the shoulders and the lower portion of the rim, the exterior sculpted with four vertical facets on each side, with slight horizontal carination low on the body and below the shoulder
2 5/8 in. (6.6 cm.) high
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
The thin-walled vessel with pointed base, ovoid body, short cylindrical neck, overhanging disk rim, slightly inward-tapering and concave on its upper surface, the two angled handles, rectangular in section, merging with the shoulders and the lower portion of the rim, the exterior sculpted with four vertical facets on each side, with slight horizontal carination low on the body and below the shoulder
2 5/8 in. (6.6 cm.) high
Inherited by the former owner in London in 1943; originally acquired by the former owner's father in the 1930s.
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.