Glass amphoriskos (perfume bottle), 2nd–mid-1st century
Glass amphoriskos (perfume bottle), Hellenistic, 2nd–mid-1st century , Greek, Glass; core-formed, Group III, H.: 4 11/16 in. ( cm), Glass, Translucent yellow green, appearing black; handles in translucent light green; trails in opaque yellow and opaque white., Inward-sloping oval rim-disk, with projecting jagged edge to mouth and tooling indent underneath; tall cylindrical neck; small sloping shoulder; conical body, expanding downwards, then turned in sharply to flat bottom; two s-shaped rod handles applied in a loop across shoulder and top of body over trail decoration, drawn up lower part of neck, and then looped out and in, forming large ears, and pressed onto top of neck and underside of rim-disk
Size: 4240px × 4240px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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