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Silk Road Collection
Glass

Mold-blown bottle in the form of date

  • Eastern Mediterranean
  • 1st century BC -2nd century AD
  • Roman
  • glass
  • H8.0×φ3.0cm

Many of the early pieces were small bottles used to store perfumed oil with designs such as ribbed patterns, concentric circles, fruit (grapes, dates, etc.) and human figures.