Greek core-formed glass amphoriskos with trailed decoration
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A core-formed glass amphoriskos vase with a pointed body and two long handles. The body of the vase and handles are dark blue and the surface has been decorated with combed and spiral white trailing. The surface is pitted and iridescent, giving it a silver/grey appearance.
Culture
Greek, Hellenistic, 1st Century BC
Size
14.7 x 6.6 cms
Condition
Professionally repaired from fragments with some infill/restoration
Provenance
Ex. collection: Victor Emile Gabriel Chevallier (Paris, France 1889-1969) and Marguerite Jeanne Verel (Paris, France 1887-1962). Thence from 1969 passed through three generations of the same Parisian family by inheritance.
For a similar amphoriskos from the Cesnola Collection in the Metropolitan Museum, NY, please see:
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/239905