Property from a Private Collection
A Roman Cobalt Blue Mould-Blown Glass Amphoriskos, circa 1st century A.D.
Lot Closed
December 17, 01:05 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Private Collection
A Roman Cobalt Blue Mould-Blown Glass Amphoriskos
circa 1st century A.D.
the cylindrical neck with everted rim and inward-folded lip, with trailed-on twin handles, the body with six panels, within each a krater, a phiale, pan pipes, an amphora, an oinochoe, and crossed thyrsoi, with fluting above and below.
Height 9.1 cm.
Ernst and Marthe Kofler-Truniger Collection, Lucerne
Christie's, London, Ancient Glass, Formerly the Kofler-Truniger Collection, March 5th and 6th, 1985, no. 107, illus.
acquired by the current owner atthe above sale
Christie's, London, Ancient Glass, Formerly the Kofler-Truniger Collection, March 5th and 6th, 1985, no. 107, illus.
acquired by the current owner atthe above sale
Kunstmuseum Luzern, 3000 Jahre Glaskunst von der Antike bis zum Jugendstil, July 19th-September 13th, 1981
PUBLISHED
Beat Rütti,
3000 Jahre Glaskunst von der Antike bis zum Jugendstil, Lucerne, 1981, p. 77, no. 246