Unguent Bottle (Amphoriskos)
Unguent Bottle (Amphoriskos)
Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean, possibly from Rhodes
DateLate sixth through fifth centuries BCE
DimensionsH: 2 5/8 in (6.6 cm); Diam: 15/16 in. (2.4 cm); Max Diam of Body: 1 9/16 in. (4 cm)
Mediumglass
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.183
Not on View
DescriptionSmall amphoriskos. Blue ground with opaque yellow and opaque turquoise-blue decoration. Broad, inward-sloping rim-disk; cylindrical neck; obtuse- to almost right-angled shoulder; top-shaped body; circular blue base-knob with a rounded edge. Two blue vertical strap handles extend from the shoulder to the middle of the neck. A marvered opaque yellow thread attached at the edge of the rim-disk; a second opaque yellow thread, marvered, begun on the shoulder and wound spirally, at first in horizontal lines, then tooled into a close-set zigzag pattern to the middle of the body, where an opaque turquoise-blue thread, also marvered, is added, mingling with the yellow thread; below this, a marvered opaque turquoise-blue thread is wound spirally in horizontal lines, joining a third marvered opaque yellow thread which encircles the lower body; a fourth marvered opaque yellow thread is wound around the edge and underside of the base-knob. Core-formed; applied rim-disk, handles, and base-knob; applied marvered threads; distinct horizontal tooling mark across the shoulder. Faint vertical indentations on the body 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. 102, p. 145.
Late sixth through fifth centuries BCE
Late sixth to fifth centuries BCE
Late sixth through fifth centuries BCE
Probably first half of fifth century BCE
late 6th-5th centuries BCE
Late 6th - 5th century BCE
6th-5th century BCE
3rd century BCE
5th century BCE
5th century BCE
5th century BCE
3rd century BCE
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