Glass amphoriskos (perfume bottle), 1st century


Glass amphoriskos (perfume bottle), Late Hellenistic, 1st century , Greek, Cypriot, Glass; core-formed, Group III, 6 3/4 in. ( cm), Glass, Translucent green, appearing black; one handle and base-knob in yellow brown, the other handle in yellow green; trail in opaque white. Inward-sloping rim-disk, with tooling indent underneath; tall, slightly concave, cylindrical neck; sloping shoulder; elongated piriform body; large applied base-knob; two rod handles applied in pads across shoulder, drawn up and slightly out to above rim, then looped in and down, and attached to neck below rim in a double fold over trail decoration


Size: 4240px × 4240px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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