Glass amphoriskos with band of scrolls
Translucent pale purple, with handle in translucent pale yellow green.
Uneven tubular rim, folded out, over, and in; neck flaring downward; ovoid body; cylindrical base, with flat but uneven bottom; small rod handle attached in a pad to shoulder, drawn up, round, and in, and folded onto lower part of neck. One continuous mold seam around body and across bottom, but edges of molds not carefully aligned.
On body, frieze of indistinct downturned raised tongues on upper body and twenty-five upturned raised tongues on lower body, joined by a central band of tendril scrolls bordered above and below by two horizontal raised lines.
One handle missing and hole in shoulder where it was once attached; few bubbles; faint iridescence on exterior, soil encrustation, whitish weathering, and brilliant iridescence on interior.
Uneven tubular rim, folded out, over, and in; neck flaring downward; ovoid body; cylindrical base, with flat but uneven bottom; small rod handle attached in a pad to shoulder, drawn up, round, and in, and folded onto lower part of neck. One continuous mold seam around body and across bottom, but edges of molds not carefully aligned.
On body, frieze of indistinct downturned raised tongues on upper body and twenty-five upturned raised tongues on lower body, joined by a central band of tendril scrolls bordered above and below by two horizontal raised lines.
One handle missing and hole in shoulder where it was once attached; few bubbles; faint iridescence on exterior, soil encrustation, whitish weathering, and brilliant iridescence on interior.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass amphoriskos with band of scrolls
- Period: Early Imperial
- Date: 1st century CE
- Culture: Roman, Syro-Palestinian
- Medium: Glass; blown in a two-part mold
- Dimensions: H.: 2 7/8 x 1 3/4 x 15/16 in. (7.3 x 4.4 x 2.4 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881
- Object Number: 81.10.220
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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