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146 - GLASS AMPHORISQUE
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GLASS AMPHORISQUE Eastern Mediterranean, 1st–2nd century A.D. A translucent green blown-glass amphorisk with a spherical body engraved with two concentric lines using a grinding wheel, a cylindrical neck, and an outward-curving rim surmounting handles attached to the shoulder. Height: 16 cm Provenance: Former Franziska Gassner Collection, Germany, acquired in the 1950s Christie’s, London, October 25, 2006: lot 41 (ill.) Charles Ede Limited, London Christian Levett Collection, Mougins Museum of Classical Art, acquired in 2009 Exhibitions: Mougins Museum of Classical Art (MACM), Mougins, France, June 2011–August 2023 (Inv. No. MMoCA292) Bibliography: Christie’s, Antiquities, London, October 25, 2006, lot 41 M. Eiland, “Materials and Manufacture” in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 171, fig. 30 An Eastern Mediterranean glass amphoriskos, 1st–2nd century A.D.
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