Glass amphoriskos (perfume bottle) 1st century Greek, Cypriot Translucent green, appearing black; one handle and base-knob in yellow brown, the other handle in yellow green; trail in opaque 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 white trail applied around lip of rim and
Glass amphoriskos (perfume bottle) 1st century Greek, Cypriot Translucent green, appearing black; one handle and base-knob in yellow brown, the other handle in yellow green; trail in opaque 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 white trail applied around lip of rim and then wound in a spiral around neck and shoulder to body, then tooled into a festoon pattern with twenty-eight upward strokes, continuing in a plain spiral around lower part of body, ending under , except for part of knob; areas of deep pitting and dulling, with brilliant iridescence and creamy brown Glass amphoriskos (perfume bottle). Greek, Cypriot. 1st century Glass; core-formed, Group III. Late Hellenistic. Glass
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