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Silk Road Collection
Glass

Fish

  • Eastern Mediterranean
  • 1st-3rd century AD
  • Roman
  • glass
  • H4.1×L10.0cm

With the arrival of glass blowing, glassware with varying forms could be freely made, and decoration methods also became increasingly diverse. These free-form glass vessels were blown, then the animal's legs, horns, and the fish's fins were formed using pincers.