Glass amphoriskos (perfume bottle) 1st century Greek, Cypriot Translucent green, appearing black; handles and base of uncertain color; patch near base in opaque red; trail in opaque rim-disk, with upward rounded lip; cylindrical neck, expanding downwards; sloping shoulder with indented surface; piriform body; applied knob base; two rod handles applied in pads across shoulder, drawn up vertically, then looped in and down, and pressed onto neck below rim over trail white trail applied to lip of rim and then wound in a spiral around neck and shoulder to
Glass amphoriskos (perfume bottle) 1st century Greek, Cypriot Translucent green, appearing black; handles and base of uncertain color; patch near base in opaque red; trail in opaque rim-disk, with upward rounded lip; cylindrical neck, expanding downwards; sloping shoulder with indented surface; piriform body; applied knob base; two rod handles applied in pads across shoulder, drawn up vertically, then looped in and down, and pressed onto neck below rim over trail white trail applied to 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 and under base knob, and trailed off up and repaired, with one handle completely missing and hole in side of body; dulling, deep pitting and weathering, with brilliant Glass amphoriskos (perfume bottle). Greek, Cypriot. 1st century Glass; core-formed, Group III. Late Hellenistic. Glass
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