Simple and sturdy, this vase might have held
perfumes, oils or balms at the height of the
Roman Empire. Unadorned yet elegant, it offers
few clues to the lives through which it passed so
long ago. Yet, when we grasp it in our hands
today, we are aware of the connection it makes
with the vanished Classical world. Who were the
people who held this vessel then, what did they
think, hope and dream? We can never know the
answers, but in the presence of this ancient vase
the imagination sets out on an endless journey
of discovery.
- (PF.2065)
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