amphora

Object NameAmphora

Made FromGlass

Date300-499

Place MadeEastern Roman Empire

Techniqueinflated in dip mold, finished at furnace, applied

SizeOverall H (restored): 32.1 cm; Rim Diam: 6 cm; Shoulder Diam: 9.1 cm

Accession Number65.1.40

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Exhibitions

Reflecting Antiquity: Modern Glass Inspired by Ancient Rome

On ViewAncient Gallery

Physical DescriptionAmphora. Translucent purple body, opaque white trails and handle; body partly inflated in dip mold, rim finished at furnace, trails and handle applied. Funnel-shaped rim, with lip rounded at furnace; slender tapering neck, which splays at bottom and merges with rounded shoulder; carrot-shape body with faint mold-blown vertical ribs; decorated with opaque white trails: below rim, horizontal trail wound in one complete revolution; on upper part of shoulder, thin trail spirally wound in eight or nine revolutions; on body, immediately above bottom, thicker trail wound in at least seven revolutions; opaque white handle dropped onto trailed area of shoulder, drawn upward, inward and downward and attached to neck immediately below trail; "tail" of excess glass drawn down over uppermost part of handle.
Provenance

Source Wilhelm Henrich - 1964-12-18