Francesca Hickin
Head of Department
Lot 5*
A Roman mould-blown blue glass ribbed amphoriskos with opaque white applied twin handles
6 July 2021, 15:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £5,737.50 inc. premium
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A Roman mould-blown blue glass ribbed amphoriskos with opaque white applied twin handles
Circa 50-100 A.D.
Blown into a two-part mould, the ovoid body decorated with horizontal ribbing, with some transparent streaks, the mould seam continuing across the pointed bottom, with everted rim and applied opaque white ridged trail handles bifurcating at the shoulder, 11cm high
Circa 50-100 A.D.
Blown into a two-part mould, the ovoid body decorated with horizontal ribbing, with some transparent streaks, the mould seam continuing across the pointed bottom, with everted rim and applied opaque white ridged trail handles bifurcating at the shoulder, 11cm high
Footnotes
Provenance:
with Antiquarium Ltd, New York.
Private collection, USA, acquired from the above 12 February 1992.
For a similar example cf. E. Marianne Stern, The Toledo Museum of Art, Roman Mold-Blown Glass, Toledo, 1995, p.157-159, fig. 67. The author notes that this type of miniature vessel was intended to imitate large clay trade amphorae of the late Hellenistic Period. Further closely related examples were formerly in the Hans Benzian collection (sold at Sotheby's in 1994), and the Sangiorgi collection (sold at Christie's in 1999).