Roman Amber Glass Flask In The Form Of A Date, 50 CE - 200 CE
Glass
GF.0034
Since the dawn of civilization in the Near East, man has cultivated the date, whose wrinkled shape this charming vessel imitates. In antiquity, the fertile date palm was a symbol...
Since the dawn of civilization in the Near East, man has cultivated the date, whose wrinkled shape this charming vessel imitates. In antiquity, the fertile date palm was a symbol of abundance and plenty which appears often in art and on coins. While we cannot be certain what this little flask originally contained, we are aware that a benevolent magic clings to it still.