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Mold Blown Glass : Roman Yellow-Green Glass Pyxis
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Roman Yellow-Green Glass Pyxis - GF.0024
Origin: Houran, Syria
Circa: 50
AD
to 200
AD
Dimensions:
2.16" (5.5cm) high
Collection: Classical
Medium: Glass
£6,800.00
Location: UAE
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| Description |
This exquisite cosmetic jar was perhaps the
possession of a beautiful woman during the
Golden Age of Rome. It may have contained
some fragrant balm which--as the decoration
suggests--smelled of honeysuckle blossoms.
Beauty, like the flower, blooms and fades and
leaves behind few clues. It could be just our
imaginations, of course, but somehow in the
presence of this lovely vessel we are able to
vividly remember that ancient life...
- (GF.0024)
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