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Wonderful Greek Coreform Glass Amphoriskos: Ancient Greece, ca. 5th to 4th century BCE. A superb example of a core-formed glass amphoriskos (miniature amphora) once used to hold perfumed oil. This vase boasts an exceptionally elegant form with

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Beautiful Greek Core-Form Glass Amphoriskos: Ancient Greece, Classical period, ca. 5th century BCE. A beautiful example of a core-formed glass amphoriskos (miniature amphora) once used to hold perfumed oils. The near-miniature vase boasts an exc

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Greek Hellenistic Core-Form Glass Amphoriskos: **Originally Listed At $1500** Ancient Greece, Hellenistic period, ca. 4th to 2nd century BCE. An elegant and early example of a core-formed glass amphoriskos (miniature amphora) once used to contain

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Tall / Early Greek Core-Formed Glass Amphoriskos: Bid with Confidence - Trust the Artemis Advantage: - 25+ years’ experience selling ancient and ethnographic art - Ancient items have been legally acquired, and are legal to sell - Accurate descripti

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ANCIENT GREEK HAND ENAMEL AMPHORISKOS PERFUME BOTTLE: An ancient Greek core formed glass amphoriskos perfume bottle used to hold perfumed oil. The perfume bottle is adorned with hand enameled wavy and geometrical patterns, a featuring a pair of curved ha

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Greek Hellenistic Core Formed Glass Amphoriskos: Greece, Hellenistic Period, ca. 3rd to 2nd century BCE. This is a beautiful core-formed glass amphoriskos with tapered body and cylindrical neck and flared rim - essentially a miniature amphora - once

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Museum-Exhibited Roman Glass Amphoriskos: **First Time At Auction** Roman, Imperial period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A pretty amphoriskos formed from translucent aubergine-hued glass to present an elongated body with a sloped shoulder, a ta

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Miniature Roman Glass Amphoriskos w/ Foliate Motif: Roman, Sidonian, Lebanon, ca. 1st century CE. In a word, BREATHTAKING! A fine, miniature mold-blown glass amphora in rich aubergine - truly of brilliant violet purple hues. Note how the mold was metic

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Roman Sidonian Glass Amphoriskos - Purple Hue!: **Originally Listed At $750** Roman, Sidonian, early Imperial Period, ca. 1st century CE. A free-blown amphoriskos of elegant form boasting translucent purple and aubergine hues. The piriform vessel e

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Roman Glass Amphoriskos, Aubergine w/ Blue Handles: Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 2nd century CE. A fabulous free-blown glass vessel of an elegant form and a deep aubergine color of inky violet, almost black hues. The piriform body has a slender t

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Roman Glass Inkwell Fiery Iridescence: Roman ca. 100 to 350 CE. A wonderful glass inkwell in thick green glass. Circular form with 4 small lugs at the shoulder, raised glass rim emerging from the center. This glass has developed a most int

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Roman Glass Handled Vessel w/ Trailing: Roman, late Imperial Period, Holyland, ca. 4th to 5th century CE. A wonderful glass jar free-blown from semi-translucent glass of a light blue hue. The bulbous vessel has a concave base with a rough p

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Greek Core Formed Glass Alabastron: Originally listed at $1,600... Ancient Greece, Classical Period, ca. late 6th to early 5th century BCE. A lovely core-formed glass alabastron with a characteristically elongated body with a rounded ba

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Roman Glass Vessels - Handled Jug + Kohl Jar: Roman, Imperial Period, Eastern Mediterranean, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A wonderful pair of glass vessels: a square-sided bottle and a kohl jar. The bottle presents a fascinating shape with 4 nubbin

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Ancient Greek and Roman Pottery and Glass: Greek black glaze pottery including an Attic black figure lekythos, an Apulian Gnathia ware prochous, Apulian and Campania aryballos, kylix, and small fish plate, with sizes ranging from 1.25"h x 5.25

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Greek Cypriot Gold Earring w/ Turquoise, Glass Beads: **Originally Listed At $300** Ancient Greece, Cyprus, ca. 5th to 2nd century BCE. A stunning gold hoop earring comprised of a thick, tubular band in a torc form strung with silver, turquoise, and glas

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Wonderful Greek Coreform Glass Amphoriskos

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**Originally Listed At $800**

Ancient Greece, ca. 5th to 4th century BCE. A superb example of a core-formed glass amphoriskos (miniature amphora) once used to hold perfumed oil. This vase boasts an exceptionally elegant form with an inverted piriform body that is finely contoured with vertical ribs, twin handles that gracefully join the shoulder to the cylindrical neck that once gradually flares to the rim, all upon a circular trailed and flared foot. The decoration of this piece is simply breathtaking. Note how the cobalt blue body is wound with azure blue and tangerine yellow thread-like trails applied in a close-knit zigzag or feathered pattern. The tangerine trails continue above the feathered pattern and encircle the rim as well as the foot. Below the feathered design, tangerine and sky blue trails encircle the lower body as well. A divine work of glass art to be treasured for its impeccable form, beautiful hues, and sophisticated technique. Size: 2.125" W x 3.5" H (5.4 cm x 8.9 cm)

A vessel like this would have been made for the elites of ancient society. Its owner would have used a stopper to keep the contents inside, and a glass rod to dip into the vessel's perfumed oils and dab on the throat or wrists. The handles made it possible to suspend the vessel, and we know from Athenian vase paintings that vessels like these could be worn off a belt at the waist or suspended from the wrist.The Greeks created core-formed or sand core vessels by trailing threads of molten glass over a "core" of sand or clay to form the vessel. These threads were oftentimes feathered or dragged to create intriguing decorative patterns. The term amphoriskos literally means "little amphora" and is indeed a miniature amphora. This shape was quite popular as it was ideal to store precious oils, perfumes, or cosmetics.According to the Corning Museum of Glass, core forming is "the technique of forming a vessel by winding or gathering molten glass around a core supported by a rod. After forming, the object is removed from the rod and annealed. After annealing, the core is removed by scraping." This process of glass making was begun in the late 16th century BCE by glassmakers of Mesopotamia, and then adopted by Egyptian glassmakers in the 15th century BCE. The technique almost came to an end in the so-called Dark Ages of Mediterranean civilization (1200 to 900 BCE); however, by the 9th century BCE a new generation of glassmakers took up the technique once again, and between the 6th and 4th century BCE core-forming spread throughout the Mediterranean.

Provenance: private East Coast, USA collection; ex-Robert Deutsch, Israel, 2016

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