Amphoriskos
Amphoriskos
Place of OriginRoman Empire
Date3rd century BCE
DimensionsH: 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm); Rim Diam: 7/8 in. (2.2 cm); Diam: 1 5/8 in. (4 cm)
Mediumglass
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.109
Not on View
DescriptionThis small amphoriskos is made of cobalt-blue glass with opaque yellow (appearing orangish) decoration. It features a short horizontal rim-disk with a rounded edge, a tall cylindrical neck, and an obtuse-angled shoulder above a tapering ovoid body that ends in a pointed bottom. The outsplayed foot is also cobalt blue and slightly convex on the underside. Two upright circular disk handles are attached just below the shoulder, each folded upward in half. An opaque yellow thread, marvered, begins at the lower neck and is wound spirally in horizontal and wavy lines. The thread is then tooled into a zigzag pattern over the shoulder and midsection, before returning to horizontal lines near the base. The vessel is core-formed, with applied handles, foot, rim-disk, and marvered decoration. Pronounced vertical indentations on the body were caused by the tooling of the zigzags.
Published ReferencesGrose, David F., Early Ancient Glass: Core-Formed, Rod-Formed, and Cast Vessels and Objects from the Late Bronze Age to the Early Roman Empire, 1600 B.C. to A.D. 50, New York, Hudson Hills Press in association with the Toledo Museum of Art, 1989, cat. no. 160, p. 166-167.Probably first half of 5th century BCE
3rd century BCE
Late 6th through 5th century BCE
Late 6th through 5th century BCE
5th century BCE
Late 6th through 5th century BCE
Late 6th to 5th century BCE
Late 6th - 5th century BCE
Mid-4th through early 3rd century BCE
4th-3rd century BCE
Late 6th through 5th century BCE
Mid-4th through early 3rd century BCE
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