Miniature Transport Amphora

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Miniature Transport Amphora

DateSecond half of first century CE

DimensionsH: 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm); Rim Diam: 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm); Max Diam: 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm)

MediumGlass; mold blown in a two-part mold, tooled, with applied handles.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.688

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DescriptionTransparent to translucent grayish yellow (near 5 GY 7/2). Dark yellow streaks. Opaque blue handles. Thin glass. Small oval bubbles in body. Neck free blown. Body blown into a two-part mold of two vertical sections (MCT VIII). One continuous mold seam around body. Edges of mold poorly aligned on one side. Tips of handles drawn out thin and folded back. Rim folded outward, upward, and inward. Tall neck tapering downward. Elongated ovoid body with circular cross section. Pointed base. Two coil handles applied to shoulder and attached to underside of rim. Handles positioned over mold seams. Body decorated with twenty-three concentric, horizontal mold-blown ridges from neck to base. Transparent to translucent grayish yellow (near 5 GY 7/2). Dark yellow streaks. Opaque blue handles. Neck free blown. Body blown into a two-part mold of two vertical sections (MCT VIII). One continuous mold seam around body. Edges of mold poorly aligned on one side. Tips of handles drawn out thin and folded back. Rim folded outward, upward, and inward. Tall neck tapering downward. Elongated ovoid body with circular cross section. Pointed base. Two coil handles applied to shoulder and attached to underside of rim. Handles positioned over mold seams. Body decorated with twenty-three concentric, horizontal mold-blown ridges from neck to base.

Published ReferencesStern, E. Marianne, Roman Mold-blown Glass: The First through Sixth Centuries, Rome, "L'Erma" di Bretschneider, 1995, p. 158, no. 65.