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 1600–1300 B.C.
6th century B.C.
late 6th century B.C.
about 6th century B.C.
6th–4th century B.C.
6th–4th century B.C.
5th–late 4th century B.C.
early 6th–late 4th century B.C.
early 6th–late 4th century B.C.
4th-5th century A.D. or early 19th century ?
mid 2nd to 3rd century A.D.