Amphora
1/1/001-31/12/200
| Place of origin |
Pale yellowish earthenware amphora covered with a thick alkaline glaze, once green but now decayed to an iridescent whitish colour. It has a disk foot, globular body composed from the sides to give a sharp-shoulder angle, and another at the point of greatest width, above the foot. A narrow cylindrical neck, flaring at the mouth; two small vertical loop handles at the junction of the shoulder and neck.
Horizontal grooves were scored round the neck and lip, and there are traces of straight slanting slices round the sides.
Horizontal grooves were scored round the neck and lip, and there are traces of straight slanting slices round the sides.
Object details
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| Brief description | Earthenware amphora covered in an alkaline glaze, Syrian or Mesopotamian, 1st or 2nd century or later. |
| Physical description | Pale yellowish earthenware amphora covered with a thick alkaline glaze, once green but now decayed to an iridescent whitish colour. It has a disk foot, globular body composed from the sides to give a sharp-shoulder angle, and another at the point of greatest width, above the foot. A narrow cylindrical neck, flaring at the mouth; two small vertical loop handles at the junction of the shoulder and neck. Horizontal grooves were scored round the neck and lip, and there are traces of straight slanting slices round the sides. |
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| Object history | Provenance: Sotheby's, London, 31 July 1939, lot. 97. According to the Ceramics and Glass Register from 1939, this item was 'formerly part of the collection of Max Ginsberg, Berlin'. |
| Production | So called "Parthian" pottery |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.201-1939 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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