RomanDec 19, 2024
🪔 #GlassObjectThursday A Roman glass fish vessel (1st-3rd c. CE) from Archaeological Museum Zadar reveals the sophistication of imperial glassmaking. Made through free-blowing, this vessel was likely used to contain precious oils.
📍Archaeological Museum Zadar
📸 Personal photo
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RomanAug 1, 2024

🪔 For #GlassObjectThursday: a glass vessel decorated with applications depicting marine animals. Dated to late 3rd - early 4th cent, it is now in Musei Vaticani. 📸 me

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RomanJun 13, 2024

🪔 For #GlassObjectThursday: 1st c. AD roman-time glass cups found in Siphnos, Cyclades. The inscriptions refer to the life after death. Now in the Benaki Museum, Athens. 📸 me

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RomanMar 7, 2024

🪔 For #GlassObjectThursday and just for eyes pleasure: a roman "millefiori" or mosaic glass cup seen from two different angles. Photo taken in BnF, Paris. 📸 me

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RomanFeb 1, 2024
🪔 For #GlassObjectThursday: a beautiful small Amphoriskos - a perfume bottle - from the #Roman Glass Muzeum of #Zadar in Croatia. It is likely dated to the 2nd half of the 1st c AD. 📸 me
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RomanJul 27, 2023
☀️ For #GlassObjectThursday: an alien egg - shaped roman glass vessel from the Lyon Museum of Fine Arts. 📸 Own pics.
RomanJul 20, 2023
☀️ For #GlassObjectThursday: #Roman glass cameo found in ancient Narona with a portrait of #Livia, wife of Augustus. Now in the Museum of Ancient Glass in #Zadar, #Croatia. 📸 Own pic.
RomanJun 29, 2023
☀️ For #GlassObjectThursday: a glass medallion, possibly representing Medusa. This medallion was once attached to the handle of a glass vase. It is now in the Musée Romain of Lausanne, Switzerland. 📸 Own pics. 
RomanJun 8, 2023
☀️ For #GlassObjectThursday: two examples of roman dates-shaped balsamarii. One is from the Benaki Museum, Athens, and the second one is now in the Roman Glass Museum of Zadar. They were produced around the 2nd c. AD in Syria-Palestine. 📸 Own pics. #RomanGlass