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

Amphoriskos

Manufacturer Unknown
CultureEastern Mediterranean | Hellenic
Date199 - 1 B.C.
MediumCore-formed glass
DimensionsOverall: 5 in. (12.7 cm)
Overall, Rim: 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm)
Base: 1 1/16 in. (2.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.6744
On View
Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-1, Case 1
DescriptionAmphora of core formed glass. Elongated ovoid body with a tall neck and a narrow flat rim. Splayed foot to attached pair knob-like handles at the body top. Thick weathering overall, but believed to be a dark blue ground. Decorated with yellow spiral threading and one band of zigzag. Spindle shape.

Label TextEastern Mediterranean or Italy Amphoriskos (Jar), 3rd century B.C. Core-formed glass; applied rim, lugs and foot Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.6744 Published ReferencesNeuburg, _Ancient Glass_, pg. 63, Color plate VIII, b. J.M. Eisenberg, _Art of the Ancient World Catalogue_, Vol. I, pg. 25, #51. Andrew Oliver, Jr., _Ancient Glass in the Carnegie Museum of Natural History_, pp. 40-41, #11, called 2nd century B.C. flask. S. Auth, _Ancient Glass_, Newark, pg. 36, spindle shaped amphoriskos, 3rd-2nd C. B.C.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
2nd century B.C.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
2nd - mid 1st century B.C.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
2nd century B.C.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
599-400 B.C.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
3rd century - 2nd century B.C.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
3rd century - 2nd century B.C.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
Mid 4th - early 3rd century B.C.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
2nd century B.C.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
499-450 B.C.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
4TH CENTURY BC - 3rd CENTURY BC
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
3rd century - 2nd century B.C.