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Object Name:
Amphoriskos
Department
Ancient
Category
Origins of Glassmaking
Place Made:
Mediterranean, Eastern Mediterranean
Date:
199-1 BC
Color
Technique
Material
Dimensions:
Overall H: 24 cm; Body Diam: 8 cm
Accession Number:
55.1.62
Location:
On Display
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Exhibitions

The Fragrant Past: Perfumes of Cleopatra and Julius Caesar
Venue(s)
Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology 1989-04-05 through 1989-06-25

Glass from the Ancient World
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1957-06-04 through 1957-09-15

Verres Antiques de la Collection R.W. Smith
Venue(s)
Musee de Mariemont 1954 through 1954
Publications
Introducing Ancient Glass (2012-04)
illustrated, p. 22;
Glass: A Short History (The British Museum edition) (2012)
illustrated, pp. 24-25;
Ancient glass for the modern collector (2011-04)
illustrated, p. 39;
Casting Poetic Sentiment: Glass Art Creation Methodology (2008)
illustrated, p. 8, fig. 2;
BIB# 107146
30,000 Years of Art: The Story of Human Creativity Across Space and Time (2007)
illustrated, p. 294;
BIB# 103866
Glass: A Pocket Dictionary of Terms Commonly Used to Describe Glass and Glassmaking (2006)
illustrated, p. 9;
BIB# 96551
Through Glass Objects and Poems (Atraves Do Vidro: Objetos E Poemas) (2006)
illustrated, p. 29;
BIB# 106729
The Corning Museum of Glass, A Guide to the Collections (2001) (2001)
illustrated, p. 15;
BIB# 68214
Uncovering treasures in the Empire State (1999)
p. 131, fig. 5;
Glass: A Pocket Dictionary of Terms Commonly Used to Describe Glass and Glassmaking (1993)
p. 7;
BIB# 35660
History of Glass Crafts (1990-07)
p. 44;
Masterpieces of Glass: A World History From The Corning Museum of Glass (1990)
illustrated, pp. 24-25, pl. 4;
BIB# 33819
World of the Bible (1986)
pl. XXIV;
Special Report: The Corning Glass Center (1985)
p. 15;
Masterpieces of Glass : A World History from The Corning Museum of Glass (1980)
pp. 24-25, pl. 4;
BIB# 20953
Pre-Roman and Early Roman Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass (1979)
pp. 129-130, #268, pl. 17;
BIB# 29547
Glass from the Ancient World: The Ray Winfield Smith Collection (1957)
illustrated, pp. 28-29, #22;
BIB# 27315
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