Lot 523
Phoenician Core-Formed Glass Amphoriskos, Maroon & White
Phoenician Core-Formed Glass Amphoriskos, Maroon & White
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Eastern Mediterranean to Middle East, ca. 5th - 3rd century BCE. A core-formed glass amphoriskos, Phoenician, Eastern Mediterranean — Lebanon / Israel coastal region — Mediterranean Iron Age to Hellenistic period, circa 6th–4th century BCE. The vessel is formed over a sand or dung core in an opaque white ground, decorated with applied maroon coiled trailing bands and a wide central register of zigzag patterning in the same color — a combination of exceptional rarity in the corpus of Phoenician core-formed glass. Two small applied handles rise from the shoulder. The surface retains the characteristic iridescence of ancient glass weathering.
Core-formed glass vessels were among the most prestigious luxury objects of the ancient Mediterranean world, produced by winding molten glass threads around a removable core and then marvering the surface smooth. Size: 3.88”H x 1.25”W (9.9 x 3.2cm).
Provenance: Private NYC. collection, acquired from Bill Veres, London, 6/30/95, with copy of receipt, #14 on list.
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Item #
71503
- Condition: Some scattered light surface deposits. Approximately 2/3 of the rim is restored, and a minor stable hair line near the base, otherwise intact.
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