6. Roman amphoriskos, c.1st century AD
Glass
Height: 7.4cm
11572 TA
Further images
Free-blown in translucent, purple-brown glass, with one green and one blue applied handle. The near-spherical body has handles drawn from the shoulder and attached halfway up the tall cylindrical neck,...
Free-blown in translucent, purple-brown glass, with one green and one blue applied handle. The near-spherical body has handles drawn from the shoulder and attached halfway up the tall cylindrical neck, the lip everted. Small area of very light pitting to one side.
Provenance
C.A. Hessing (d.1990s), the Netherlands; thence by descent to their niecePrivate collection, the Netherlands; acquired from the above on the 11th December 2002, collection number 138
