Lot no. 780
LARGE ROMAN GLASS AMPHORA.
Ca. AD 1 - 300
A pale green translucent glass amphora with an elongated body tapering to a rounded tip, a narrow cylindrical neck and a broad funnel mouth with a thick, rounded rim. Two vertical ribbon handles are applied on the shoulders, drawn up and looped to join the rim at either side.
Size: 230mm x 85mm; Weight: 185g.
Provenance: Private UK collection; From an old British collection formed in the 1990s.
For similar see: A. Antonaras, Ancient Glass in the J. P. Getty Museum, Cat. 366.
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