Inv. n°: MMoCA350

Roman Glass Amphoriskos

Free-blown, the ovoid body with a long cylindrical neck, and the rim folded in, on a slightly concave base, with applied twin handles.

h. 10.2 x Ø 8 cm

1st century AD

Glass

Provenance

  • Ex American private collection
  • With Charles Ede, London, 1992
  • Consigned to Christie's by an American private collector, New York
  • Acquired at Christie’s, New York, 3rd June 2009, lot 74

Publications

  • Christie's, Antiquities Sale, New York, 11th June 2003, lot 157
  • Christie's, Antiquities Sale 2174, New York, 3rd June 2009, lot 76
  • M. Eiland, "Materials and Manufacture" in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 171, fig. 31

Exhibitions

  • Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, from June 2011

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