An Eastern Mediterranean core-formed glass amphoriskos

An Eastern Mediterranean core-formed glass amphoriskos
Hellenistic Period, circa 1st Century B.C.
The dark blue piriform body decorated with alternating opaque white and brick red applied and mavered trailing, the body with feathered trails flanked by spiral decoration around the neck, shoulder and base, with applied amber coloured handles and peg base, 13.4cm high

Provenance:
Private collection, London.
with Antiquarium Ltd, New York, acquired from the above 1998.
Private collection, USA, acquired from the above 1999.

For a similar amphoriskos from the Cesnola Collection see V. Karageorghis, Ancient Art from Cyprus. The Cesnola Collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2000, p.286, no. 467. Such late Hellenistic core-formed amphoriskae, typified by the use of translucent glass for the handles and knob base, are found throughout the Eastern Mediterranean region.