VesselsGreek4th-3rd century BCE

Amphoriskos

4th-3rd century BCE

Description

Core-formed vessel of dark blue glass with trailed decoration in yellow and a color now largely missing (white?); turquoise trail around rim and small foot. Body of vessel fragmentary with lighter-colored plaster fills; colors darkened; rim chipped. No traces of handles survive.

Classification

Vessels

Technique

Core-formed glass

Medium

Opaque blue glass with yellow decoration

Culture

Greek

Period

Classical period, Late, to Early Hellenistic

Century

4th-3rd century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

9.5 × 4 cm (3 3/4 × 1 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Joseph Clark Hoppin, Boston, MA (by 1925), bequest; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1925.

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