Ancient Glass Gallery

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East meets West — The First Roman Embassy in China, 166ADAround 160AD the both the Roman and H

Egyptian Kohl Container in the Shape of a Palm Column, New Kingdom, late Dynasty 18 or 19, 1550–1202

Glass gladiator cup, Early Imperial, Neronian or early Flavian, 50-80 AD., Roman,Glass; blown in a t

“Excavation of Persepolis (Iran): Tripylon (Council Hall), Main Hall, West Jamb of Southern Doorway:

records-of-fortune:1st Century Roman. Glass Beaker.Excavated at Colchester, England. “Glass vessels

gemma-antiqua:Ancient Roman serpent bracelet, made of gold and green glass eyes, dated to the 1st ce

Glass jug,Early to Mid Imperial late 1st–2nd century A.D.Roman.Glass; blown in a dip mold and tooled

Ear-stud decorated with a rosette surrounded by concentric bands. Gold with vitreous glass paste ins

met-greekroman-art:Glass amphora (two-handled bottle), Metropolitan Museum of Art: Greek and Roman A

Thread glass bottle, 200-250 AD. Colorless and opaque yellow glass, free-blown, applied threads. Eas

Cameo glass medallion of the Roman emperor Augustus. Artist unknown; early 1st cent. CE. Now in th

isgandar:The Lycurgus Cup is a Roman glass cage cup, made of a dichroic glass, which shows a differe

Ancient Rome and China—How far did the Silk Road stretch?A 1,700 year piece of Roman glassware

met-greekroman-art:Glass mosaic bowl, Greek and Roman ArtEdward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edwa

ca. 1295-1050 BCE. Pomegranate Shaped Bottles, opaque glass. The small green unopened shape held the

Alexander the Great is lowered into the sea in a glass submersible in this 15th century German drawi

via-appia:Glass mosaic and rock crystal beads, decorated with faces or busts sometimes separated by

Glass intaglio of a member of the Julio-Claudian imperial family. Artist unknown; 1st or 2nd cent.

This pendant, one of the earliest types of glass found in Mesopotamia, may represent the goddess Ish

jeannepompadour:Byzantine earrings made with sapphires, emeralds and glass, unknown date

met-greekroman-art:Gold sanguisuga-type fibulae (safety pins) with glass paste bows, Metropolitan Mu

aleyma:Roman, Glass flask in the shape of a pine cone, 2nd half of the 1st century AD (source).

met-greekroman-art:Glass perfume bottle, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Greek and Roman ArtThe Cesnola

ancientjewels:Pair of Hellenistic Greek gold, glass, and stone earrings featuring an Egyptian Atef c

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