Gold amphoriskos (oil flask) with inlaid garnets
Circle of twisted wire soldered onto top of mouth above everted rim; cylindrical neck; sloping rounded shoulder; conical body with pointed bottom. Two handles, made from two separate sheets of folded metal, square in section, joined at a right angle; lower section attached to shoulder and rising vertically; upper section attached horizontally to neck; ends of handles encircled by beaded wire; on neck two inverted tear-shaped red garnet stones set in plain bezels encircled with beaded wire; at base of neck, two rows of twisted wire; on shoulder below handles, to small round garnet stones, also in a plain setting encircled with beaded wire; below these settings at the top of the conical body are two more rows of twisted wire but smaller than those at the base of the neck; near top of body is a row of beaten out bosses in an irregular line; the top of the pointed bottom is concealed beneath a cluster of sixteen granules with a central stud at the apex.
Artwork Details
- Title: Gold amphoriskos (oil flask) with inlaid garnets
- Period: Hellenistic
- Date: 3rd century BCE
- Culture: Greek
- Medium: Gold and garnet
- Dimensions: H. 2 5/16 in. (5.9 cm); diameter 1 in. (2.5 cm)
- Classification: Gold and Silver
- Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Kellen, 1999
- Object Number: 1999.289.9
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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