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SIDONIAN MOLD-BLOWN PURPLE GLASS AMPHORA

With vertically ribbed body blown into a two-part mold, with out-turned in-folded rim, two applied handles, one of streaky pale green and purple, the other of pale green and white.
Cf. E. M. Stern, Roman Mold-Blown Glass (Toledo 1995), 149, no.50 for an example with one handle.

Collection of Dr Carle Kempe (1884-1967), Ekolsund, Sweden.

Ca. 1st Century AD

H. 2 3/4 in. (7.2 cm.)

Art of the Ancient World, 2005, no. 125
BLG109
$3,500


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