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LOT 0572
Greek Festooned Glass Amphoriskos
2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.
5 3/4 in. (124 grams, 14.4 cm high).
An aqua coloured amphoriskos with an elongated piriform shape and tubular neck with everted rim, handles and knop foot applied using a contrasting aubergine-coloured glass; decorative white trails and festooning to the body and neck; repaired.
Provenance
Acquired early 1990s.
Ex private American collection; thence by descent.
Private collection since 1998.
Literature
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 91.1.1240, for similar.
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