Object Title
Glass two-handled bottle (amphora)
Measurements
H.: 12 1/8 in. (30.8 cm) Diameter (Diameter w/ cross handles): 4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm) Diameter: 4 1/2 x 1 15/16 in. (11.4 x 5 cm)
Creation Date
1st half of 1st century A.D.
Credit Line
Gift of Renée E. and Robert A. Belfer, 2012
Museum Name
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/257879
Provenance Information
Gawain McKinley, London, before 1980. Purchased by Selim Dere of Fortuna Fine Arts, New York, January 1980. Purchased by Renée E. and Robert A. Belfer from Fortuna Fine Arts, New York, on April 10, 1995. Given by Renée E. and Robert A. Belfer to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2012.
Exhibition Information
The work has been on loan to, and on display at, The Metropolitan Museum of Art since April 2007.
Publication Information
Lightfoot, Christopher S. 2014. Ennion: Master of Roman Glass. p. 34, fig. 24, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Lightfoot, Christopher S. 2014. "Recent Acquisitions, A Selection: 2012-2014." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, 72(2): p. 13.
Lightfoot, Christopher S. 2014. "Recent Acquisitions, A Selection: 2012-2014." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, 72(2): p. 13.
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
This object has a provenance established to 1980 and has been on loan to, and on display at, The Metropolitan Museum of Art since 2007. This large amphora is an exceptional and striking example of early Roman blown glassware. Without exact parallels on which to draw, it is difficult to be certain about its date, but the shape and color of the amphora point to the Julio-Claudian period. There is nothing in The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s collection that is closely comparable to this remarkable amphora.