Lot 4761
Amphoriskos in Yellow-green. Rome, 3rd to 4th century AD. Cf. G.A.E. Vol. 1, fig. 126m; Newark, fig. 156. Height: 8-1/8". Sizable and blown in fairly thick glass, this bottle has a funnel mouth with a heavy rolled rim, a spool-shaped neck and an inverted cone-shaped body that tapere down to a rounded, small base. At bottle's mid-body is an oblique pinched, handle-like ridge of glass. An earthen patina is deposited on vessel's interior which supports the opaquish silver-violet iridescence, tending to greens and reds. Intact and perfect.
Estimated Value $400 - 600.
Ex: Superior Stamp and Coin.
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