Glass amphoriskos with horizontal ribs
Translucent greenish yellow, with handles in cobalt blue.
Tubular rim folded out, over, and in, and flattened into flaring mouth; cylindrical neck, the lower third of which is indented from mold; elongated ovoid body, tapering to pointed bottom; two rod handles attached to upper body in large claw pads, drawn up and turned in, then pressed onto sides of neck. One continuous mold seam around body, extending onto lower part of neck, misaligned on one side.
Body decorated with twenty-six concentric, slightly slanting ribs.
Intact, except for hole in bottom; few bubbles; slight dulling and faint iridescence on exterior, encrustation and iridescent weathering on interior.
Many examples of this type of small mold-blown glass bottle are known from the eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea areas. Its shape resembles that of large terracotta jars, but horizontal ribbing is not usually found on Roman transport amphorae of the 1st century A.D.
Tubular rim folded out, over, and in, and flattened into flaring mouth; cylindrical neck, the lower third of which is indented from mold; elongated ovoid body, tapering to pointed bottom; two rod handles attached to upper body in large claw pads, drawn up and turned in, then pressed onto sides of neck. One continuous mold seam around body, extending onto lower part of neck, misaligned on one side.
Body decorated with twenty-six concentric, slightly slanting ribs.
Intact, except for hole in bottom; few bubbles; slight dulling and faint iridescence on exterior, encrustation and iridescent weathering on interior.
Many examples of this type of small mold-blown glass bottle are known from the eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea areas. Its shape resembles that of large terracotta jars, but horizontal ribbing is not usually found on Roman transport amphorae of the 1st century A.D.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass amphoriskos with horizontal ribs
- Period: Early Imperial
- Date: 2nd half of 1st century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown in a two-part mold
- Dimensions: H. 4 5/16 in. (11 cm); diameter 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
- Object Number: 17.194.234
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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