Glass amphoriskos with vertical ribs

Unknown

1st–early 2nd century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Translucent greenish yellow; handles in dull pale blue. Uneven, everted rim; flaring mouth; cylindrical neck; globular body; cylindrical base, with uneven, indented bottom; two rod handles attached in a pad to shoulder, drawn up, turned in and down onto neck. One continuous mold seam, slightly misaligned, around body and across bottom, extending to base of neck. On body, twenty-two vertical ribs. Complete, except for chips missing all around rim; pinprick bubbles; faint dulling, iridescence, small patches of whitish weathering and soil encrustation. Yellow body decorated with 22 vertical ribs; two green handles; blown in a two-part mold.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1st–early 2nd century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917