Roman Mold-Blown Glass Sprinkler, 300 CE - 400 CE
Glass
12
G.0097
When the Roman Empire was in its sunset, this elegantly simple vessel contained perfumed waters to be sprinkled on celebrants at some unknown rite. Today it seems redolent with a...
When the Roman Empire was in its sunset, this elegantly simple vessel contained perfumed waters to be sprinkled on celebrants at some unknown rite. Today it seems redolent with a faint, lovely scent of melancholy--as if wondering why great monuments crumble, but a delicate glass vessel remains intact.
Literature
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