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EditorialComplete bag beaker, yellowish to light greenish-brown. Slightly everted rim, narrowing somewhat at the neck. Cylindrical body widening before curving into a convex base with a sharp point. It is decorated with a beautiful self-colored trail turned eig...
EditorialGlass jug with spout, Mid Imperial, 2nd?3rd century A.D., Roman, Glass; blown and tooled, H.: 4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm), Glass, Translucent blue green; handle and spout in same color. Rim folded out, down, over, and in, and flattened on top surface around mo...
EditorialGlass snake-thread flask shaped like a mouse, Late Imperial, 3rd century A.D., Roman, Glass, blue; blown, tooled, and trailed, Other: 2 1/2 x 2 x 5 3/4 in. (6.3 x 5.1 x 14.6 cm), Glass, Translucent cobalt blue, with same color added head, ears, eyes, f...
EditorialGlass jug with spout, Late Imperial, 3rd?4th century A.D., Roman, Glass; blown and trailed, H.: 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm), Glass, Translucent pale blue green; handle, spout, and trails in same color. Plain, rounded rim; flaring mouth; cylindrical neck; round...
EditorialGlass alabastron (perfume bottle), Hellenistic, late 4th?early 3rd century B.C., Eastern Mediterranean or Italian, Glass; core-formed, Group II, H.: 6 5/16 in. (16 cm), Glass, Translucent cobalt blue, with handles in same color; trails in opaque yellow...
EditorialGlass alabastron (perfume bottle), Hellenistic, late 4th?early 3rd century B.C., Eastern Mediterranean or Italian, Glass; core-formed, Group II, H.: 7 in. (17.8 cm), Glass, Translucent very dark green (?), appearing opaque black, with handles in same c...
EditorialGlass face bead, Late Classical or Hellenistic, end of 5th?mid-2nd century B.C., Phoenician or Carthaginian, Glass; rod-formed and applied, Other: 1 1/4 x 1 1/8 in. (3.2 x 2.8 cm), Glass, Semi-opaque turquoise blue, with additions in opaque white and y...
EditorialGlass face bead, Late Classical, mid-4th?3rd century B.C., Phoenician or Carthaginian, Glass; rod-formed and trailed, H.: 1 1/16 in. (2.7 cm), Glass, Translucent dark cobalt blue, with opaque turquoise blue, white, and yellow, and translucent cobalt bl...