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Sand-Core Aquamarine Glass Amphoriskos - GF.0103
Origin: Eastern Mediterranean
Circa: 500
BC
to 300
BC
Dimensions:
5" (12.7cm) high
Catalogue: V6
Collection: Classical Antiquities
Style: Sand-Core
Medium: Glass
Additional Information: Found in Haifa, Israel
Location: UAE
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Early sand-core aquamarine glass amphoriskos
with tall, cylindrical neck, and two high swung
handles. The vessel is decorated with a
continuous red spiral trail from rim to shoulder
and with a festoon pattern on the body.
In the flower of the classical age, this lovely,
colorful vessel contained some rare and costly
perfume, perhaps attar from roses as red as the
glass. We can picture it among the cosmetics of a
noble beauty, who perhaps often admired its
exquisite form, delicate as the scent within.
Though we can never know its past except in our
imaginations, its graceful beauty is undeniably
real. A rare and splendid masterpiece of early
glassworks.
- (GF.0103)
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