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Ancient Glass : Roman Glass Vessel
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Roman Glass Vessel - GF.0217
Origin: Eastern Mediterranean
Circa: 100
AD
to 300
AD
Dimensions:
2.875" (7.3cm) high
x 2.25" (5.7cm) wide
Collection: Classical
Medium: Glass
Additional Information: Found in Galilee, SOLD
$900.00
Location: United States
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| Description |
Glass has been prized by mankind for
centuries. The qualities that delighted
the ancients, the clarity, transparency,
brilliance and malleability of glass,
are the same ones that appeal to modern
sensibilities. Early writers described
glass in terms of wonderment: "Congealed
of air, condensed of sunbeams, molded
from the light of the open plain, or
peeled from a white pearl." The passage
of centuries serves to make glass even
lovelier than when it was new, for time
graces its surface with a jewel-like
iridescence. We today cannot help but
marvel that something so delicately
lovely has survived since Rome was at
her height. In our pleasure at its
beauty, we transcend the ages, and share
our emotions with the citizens of a
vanished world.
- (GF.0217)
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