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Basket Amphoriskos
Floating Handles1st century A.D.
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
This mold-blown basket amphoriskos is made of pale blue glass (appears green in some light). . Its teardrop-shaped body with a flattened base is decorated with a basket pattern. The seam mark indicates that this amphoriskos was blown in a two-part mold. The short cylindrical neck ends with a flaring mouth and lip folded inwards. Two small "floating" handles have been applied on the rim. The surface is iridescent on the inside and presents some brownish accretions around the handles.
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Details
- Title: Basket Amphoriskos
- Creator: Floating Handles
- Date Created: 1st century A.D.
- Location Created: Eastern Mediterranean
- Physical Dimensions: 8.3 cm (3 1/4 in.)
- Type: Amphoriskos
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Glass
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 2003.310
- Culture: Roman
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection, Malibu, California
- Creator Display Name: Workshop of the Floating Handles (Roman)
- Classification: Vessels (Containers)
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