Lot no. 126
PAIR OF ROMAN OLIVE GREEN GLASS AMPHORISKOI Egypt or Eastern Mediterranean, Ca. 4th century AD. A pair of olive green glass amphoriskoi, each with dark bluish-green handles and trail, both blown into a one-piece mould, the shallow funnel mouth decorated with an applied trail below, with a cylindrical neck and sloping shoulders, the cylindrical body tapering inwards towards a bulbous knop, the body with wheel-abraded decoration arranged in three horizontal registers, including triple strokes capped by a V formed of double lines and pseudo-oval facets, double vertical lines, and lastly triple strokes alternating with pseudo-oval facets, each register separated by horizontal lines. For similar see: The Corning Museum of Glass, Accession Number 74.1.25. Size: 68mm x 190mm; Weight: 455g Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Bonhams, 28 April 2010, Lot 205; Ex. Dr Gonick & M. Wirth Collection, Geneva, Switzerland, 1970s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter. This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy.
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