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Description : Rome, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A lovely free-blown green glass unguent with a dimpled base showing a broken pontil, a pear-shaped body, cylindrical neck and folded rim. Nice areas of internal iridescence. Size: 4.125 H (10.5 cm) Ancient glass manufacture had begun in the 2nd millennium BCE in Mesopotamia and Egypt. The Greeks and Phoenicians advanced glass technology greatly in the latter 1st millennium BCE. In the early 1st century CE, Roman workshops began producing blown glass on a large scale. Eventually glass vessels came to replace a wide variety of pottery and metal wares in the ancient world. Ancient Roman glass was traded far beyond the Roman Empire. Roman glass vessels have been found in Scandinavia, India, and in Han Dynasty tombs in China. Provenance: Ex-English Collection of Edward Seymour Thomas, acquired early 20th Century. All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. We ship worldwide and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience. #119340
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