Roman Honey Four-Sided Glass Vase, 200 CE - 400 CE
Glass
8.6 x 4.4 cm
3 3/8 x 1 3/4 in
3 3/8 x 1 3/4 in
G.0413
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Glass was a rare commodity in antiquity, used to contain only the most costly and precious of substances. What did this vase hold when Rome was the center of the...
Glass was a rare commodity in antiquity, used to contain only the most costly and precious of substances. What did this vase hold when Rome was the center of the world, and who might have gripped its sinuous handle to pour out its precious contents? Though the vessel appears empty, we can fill it completely with the heady essence of imagination.
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