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Ancient Glass : Roman period pale green glass vessel
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Roman period pale green glass vessel - BB.1102
Origin: Mediterranean
Circa: 100
AD
to 300
AD
Dimensions:
5.9" (15.0cm) high
x 3.1" (7.9cm) wide
Collection: Biblical
Style: Roman Glass
Medium: Glass
£4,500.00
Location: Great Britain
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| Description |
Roman glass objects have been recovered from
all across the Roman Empire in domestic,
industrial and funerary contexts.
Glass was used primarily for the production of
vessels, although mosaic tiles and window glass
were also produced.
Roman glass production is primarily based and
has developed from Hellenistic technical
traditions, initially concentrating on the
production of intensely coloured cast glass
vessels.
However, during the 1st century AD the industry
underwent rapid technical growth that saw the
introduction of glass blowing and the
predominance of colourless or ‘aqua’ glasses.
Production of raw glass was undertaken in
geographically separate locations to the working
of glass into finished vessels and by the end of
the 1st century AD large scale manufacturing
resulted in the establishment of glass as a
commonly available material in the Roman world,
and one which also had technically very difficult
specialized types of luxury glass, which must
have been very expensive.
- (BB.1102)
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