2nd-1st century BC. A substantial blue glass amphoriskos with inverted ovoid body, broad shoulder, cylindrical neck and everted rim flanked by two applied handles and globular foot; decorated with concentric bands of geometric motifs in white and yellow glass; accompanied by a custom-made display stand. Cf. Goldstein, S.M., Pre-Roman and Early Roman Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass, New York, 1979, items 268-272.317 grams total, 21cm including stand. (8 1/4"). Property of a London businessman; acquired from Serodine Gallery, Ascona, Switzerland in 2011; ex South German private collection, since the 1960s; this lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate number no. 10434-170711. [A video of this lot is available to view on TimeLine Auctions website.] Very fine condition.