amphora
Object NameAmphora
Made FromGlass
Date200-399
Place MadeEastern Mediterranean
Techniqueblown, trailed, handles applied
SizeOverall H: 18.4 cm, Rim Diam: 4.7 cm, Shoulder Diam: 6.3 cm
Accession Number52.1.75
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionAmphora. Transparent pale purple, transparent pale green glasses; blown body, trailed, handles applied. Cylindrical body, tapering towards rounded bottom; rim out turned, folded upward and inward to form rounded, locally tubular lip; neck splays at bottom; sloping shoulder with slight overhang; base slightly concave; no pontil mark. Immediately below rim, trail, circular in section, wound once around circumference; broad folded strap handles attached to shoulder and upper part of neck, drawn upwards over trail and rim, then pushed inwards until top of fold touches trail.Provenance
Source
Stack's Galleries
- 1952-04-29
Former Collection
Clara Sobernheim
(German, 1888-1963) - 1933-1952
Former Collection
Sobernheim
Former Collection
Moritz Sebastian Sobernheim
(German, 1872-1933)
Berlin, Germany, before 1933
Berlin, Germany, before 1933
