Two-handled jar (amphoriskos)
about A.D. 50
Country of Origin, for CustomsEgypt
Medium/TechniqueRock crystal
DimensionsHeight: 9 cm (3 9/16 in.); diameter: 5.3 cm (2 1/16 in.)
Credit LineHenry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession number99.457
On View
Not on viewClassificationsVessels
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1899: collection of W. H. Forman; 1899: with Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 13 Wellington Strand, London, W.C. (sale of the Forman collection, June 19-22, lot 488); 1899: with Edward Perry Warren; purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, September 1899, for
$ 32,500.00 (this is the total price for MFA 99.338-99.542)
$ 32,500.00 (this is the total price for MFA 99.338-99.542)
late 18th–early 19th century
About 17th century
19th century
19th century
18th century
second half of the 16th century
third quarter of 12th century
about 1410–20
late 18th century
about 1620
1577–78