Greek Festooned Glass Amphoriskos
2nd-1st century B.C. An aqua coloured amphoriskos with an elongated piriform shape and tubular neck with everted rim, handles and knop foot applied using a contrasting aubergine-coloured glass; decorative white trails and festooning to the body and neck; repaired. Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 91.1.1240, for similar. 124 grams, 14.4 cm high (5 3/4 in.). Acquired early 1990s.Ex private American collection; thence by descent.Private collection since 1998.