Glass amphora (two-handled bottle), 4th century


Glass amphora (two-handled bottle), Late Imperial, 4th century , Roman, Glass; blown and trailed, 5 15/16 in. ( cm), Glass, Colorless with pale green tinge; handles and trails in same color. Rounded rim, folded out, over, and in; flaring mouth; cylindrical neck, expanding downwards; sloping shoulder; piriform body, tapering downwards; integral, tubular base ring; pushed-in bottom with off-center pontil scar; handles applied in a tooled pad to shoulder, drawn up vertically, turned in and down at an acute angle, and trailed onto neck


Size: 4240px × 4240px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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