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Basket Amphoriskos
Floating Handles1st century A.D.
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
Mold-blown basket amphoriskos of naturally colored translucent glass blown into a two-part mold of two vertical sections.. The teardrop-shaped body with a flattened base is decorated with basket patterns and an ivy wreath. The neck and rim were free blown. The flaring neck ends with a lip folded inwards. Two thin "floating" handles have been applied below the rim and drawn to the base of the neck.
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Details
- Title: Basket Amphoriskos
- Creator: Floating Handles
- Date Created: 1st century A.D.
- Location Created: Eastern Mediterranean
- Physical Dimensions: 9.2 × 4.9 cm (3 5/8 × 1 15/16 in.)
- Type: Amphoriskos
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Glass
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 2003.309
- Culture: Roman
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection, Malibu, California
- Creator Display Name: Attributed to the Workshop of the Floating Handles (Roman)
- Classification: Vessels (Containers)
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