Miniature Transport Amphora
Miniature Transport Amphora
DateSecond half of the first century CE
DimensionsH: 3 1/8 in. (8.0 cm); Rim Diam: 13/16 in. (2.1 cm); Max Diam: 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm)
MediumGlass; mold blown, tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.689
Not on View
DescriptionTransparent to translucent manganese colored glass. Translucent pale blue handles.
Thin glass. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering.
Neck free blown. Body blown into a two-part mold of two vertical sections (MCT VIII) with an unintentional diagonal crack on both sides. One continuous mold seam around body. Edges of mold carefully aligned. Tips of handles drawn out thin and folded back.
Everted rim, partly folded inward and downward. Concave neck with curved transition to shoulder. Ovoid body. Pointed base. Two coil handles applied to shoulder and attached below rim. Handles positioned over mold seam.
Body decorated with twenty-two concentric, horizontal mold-blown ridges from neck to just above base.
Transparent to translucent manganese colored glass. Translucent pale blue handles.
Neck free blown. Body blown into a two-part mold of two vertical sections (MCT VIII) with an unintentional diagonal crack on both sides. One continuous mold seam around body. Edges of mold carefully aligned. Tips of handles drawn out thin and folded back.
Everted rim, partly folded inward and downward. Concave neck with curved transition to shoulder. Ovoid body. Pointed base. Two coil handles applied to shoulder and attached below rim. Handles positioned over mold seam.
Body decorated with twenty-two concentric, horizontal mold-blown ridges from neck to just above base.
Published ReferencesStern, E. Marianne, Roman Mold-blown Glass: The First through Sixth Centuries, Rome, "L'Erma" di Bretschneider, 1995, p. 159, no. 68.
Arts, P.L.W., "A Collection of Ancient Glass 500 BC - 500 AD," ANTIEK Lochem, 2000, p. 104.
Second half of the first century CE
Second half of first century CE
Second half of the first century CE
First century
Second half of first century CE
First century
Probably second half of the first century
Probably second half of the 1st century
Probably second half of the first century
Probably second half of the first century
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