3rd-1st century BC. A clear glass skyphos with bulbous carinated body, integral ring handles formed between projecting plates, the upper with a forked terminal, the lower rounded, and shallow arched foot. Cf. The Hermitage Collection, Ancient Glass in the Hermitage Collection, 1997, no.37; cf. The British Museum, Masterpieces of Glass, 1968, no.37; cf. Christie's, New York, 6th December 2007, lot 92, for a similar example which sold for 97,000 USD; see The Metropolitan Museum, accession numbers 17.194.888 and 81.10.94, for similar examples. 242 grams, 18cm (7"). Property of a London gentleman; formerly with Sheppard & Cooper Ltd, London, UK, 1992. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate number no.10427-168745. This vessel was produced using casting techniques, it was then lathe-cut and polished. The skyphos was the most valuable vessel in the Greek and early Roman eras, attested by their representation on the first Jewish coins, the silver shekels minted during the First Jewish Revolt against the Roman Empire in 68 AD. A limited number of these vessels can be found in museums world-wide. Although a number of fragmentary or restored examples can be found on the art market, complete examples such as the one offered here are comparatively rare. They were manufactured in the late Hellenistic period in Anatolia, or in the workshops of the Greek Bosporus kingdom.