TALL ROMAN BLOWN GLASS AMPHORISKOS

Ca. AD 300 - 500 A marvellous Roman free-blown glass amphoriskos in blue-green glass. This example boasts thick flakes of iridescence in silver and rainbow hues. It has a piriform body with a tubular neck that flares outwards to a rolled rim, all sitting upon a hemispherical foot. Delicate handles connect the rim to the neck. For similar see: Christie's Live Auction 15793, Antiquities, Lot. 11.
Size: 180mm x 60mm; Weight: 55g
Provenance: Property of a London art gallery, acquired on the US art market; Ex. collection of Rabbi Herbert Friedman, NYC, collected in the 1960s In Israel, to family by decent. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy.
500
Estimate: GBP 750 - 1500