New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Amphoriskos

Manufacturer Unknown

CultureEastern Mediterranean, possibly Syro-Palestinian

Date2nd - mid 1st century B.C.

MediumCore-formed glass

DimensionsOverall: 5 1/16 in. (12.9 cm)
Overall, Rim: 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm)

Credit LineMuseum Membership Purchase

Object number66.34.2

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-1, Case 1

DescriptionAmphora. Core formed. Elongated ovoid body with a cylindrical neck and a narrow, slightly flaring rim of blue ground decorated with yellow spiral thread from rim to shoulder. Body is combed (feathering) with white threads and a repeat of the spiral at bottom. Attached pair of blue angular handles from below rim to shoulder. Applied blue knob at end. Some weathering and pitting. Slight iridescence. Ptolemaic.

Label TextEastern Mediterranean, possibly Syro-Palestinian Amphoriskos (Jar), 2nd-mid-1st century B.C. Core-formed glass; applied rim, handles and base knob Museum Membership Purchase 66.34.2 Published ReferencesHoney, _Glass: A Handbook From Victoria & Albert Museum_, pg. 19, pl. 1F. The Corning Museum, _Glass From the Ancient World, The R.W. Smith Collection_, 1957, No. 22, pg. 29. The British Museum, _Masterpieces of Glass_, No. 17, pg. 23.