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We both agree the exhibition is worth visiting if you’re in Amsterdam before March 1st.
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Not gonna lie, if I found this in a kitschy shop of handmade crafts, I would 100% be taking it home 😍
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A beautiful #Roman ridged glass bowl, made from cobalt blue with an irregular marbled white swirling pattern. It was made about 2000 years ago, & is a stunning piece of Roman glass that I really wish I owned...
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A #Roman glass bowl, in a beautiful shade of cobalt blue, with vertical ridges all around the outside. It was made about 2000 years ago & ended up in Nijmegen (Netherlands); it was excavated a few years ago in pristine condition #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology #AncientGlass
One of my favorite pieces of glass. I really miss the Villa and hope it opens up again this year. 😞 #ancientglass
Two beautiful #Roman glass dishes, one in blue-green glass with yellow swirls, the other made from deep purple glass with green, yellow, & red swirls. They were both made about 2000 years ago, & are on display in the V&A (London) 🏺AncientBlueSky #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology #AncientGlass
A beautiful selection of colourful #Roman glass vessels, including bowls, flasks, & pots. all made 1700-2000 years ago - they have survived in remarkable condition! On display in the Kunsthistorisches Museum (Vienna) #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology #AncientGlass @drjeball.bsky.social
A beautiful selection of colourful #Roman glass vessels, including bowls, flasks, & pots. all made 1700-2000 years ago - they have survived in remarkable condition! On display in the Kunsthistorisches Museum (Vienna) 🏺AncientBlueSky #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology #AncientGlass
I'm live talking about ancient glass beads over on Twitch and YouTube!!!
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A Hellenistic Greek/#Roman glass bowl, made of spiraling bands of blue, yellow, & clear glass, the pattern extending down to the bottom of the bowl. It was made about 2100-2200 years ago, & shows some great craftsmanship on the part of the maker #Archaeology #AncientGlass AncientBlueSky
A #Roman glass vessel in the shape of a bird, in a lovely shade of cobalt blue. These vessels often contained perfume, & you snapped the tail off to use it - as can be seen in this example (it still looks beautiful though! AncientBlueSky #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology #AncientGlass
A selection of beautiful #Roman glass bowls, ranging in colour from a pale greeny-blue to a bold amber colour - they must have looked amazing on an ancient table! These bowls are up to 2000 years old, & have survived in amazing condition! AncientBlueSky #Archaeology #AncientGlass #RomanArchaeology
A beautiful small #Roman glass dish, with an irregular pattern of cobalt blue & amber glass interspersed with yellow cane circles (or flowers?) - it was made about 2000 years ago, & is an absolutely gorgeous piece of #AncientGlass! AncientBlueSky #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology
A beautiful #Roman glass bowl, made of cobalt blue glass with 24 vertical 'ribs' in stripey blue & white running down the lower part of the vessel. It was made just under 2000 years ago, & was a popular design at the time (📷NY Met Museum) 🏺AncientBlueSky #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology #AncientGlass
A #Roman glass bowl in a lovely subtle light bluey-green, with ridges all around its outer body - it has survived in pretty wonderful condition as well! AncientBlueSky #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology #AncientGlass
A cute small #Roman glass jug, made of a greeny-yellow glass. It was made about 1600-1700 years ago - you can almost see it sitting on an ancient dining table! #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology #AncientGlass AncientBlueSky
A beautiful & very colourful #Roman glass bowl, with bands of blue, green, amber, white, yellow, & purple - it was made about 2000 or so years ago, probably in Italy, & is a gorgeous piece of #AncientGlass (Photo: Corning Museum of Glass) AncientBlueSky #Archaeology
A #Roman glass jug, decorated with irregular glass blobs . This particular vessel was made about 2000 years ago, probably in Italy, & looks amazing for its age! 🏺 AncientBlueSky #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology #AncientGlass
A beautiful #Roman glass vessel in the shape of a cargo boat, in a rich cobalt blue. It was made in Italy about 2000 years ago but still looks amazing today! #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology #AncientGlass AncientBlueSky
This portrait, in glass imitating rare and valuable lapis lazuli, was made by pressing the glass into an open mold. It probably represents the goddess Juno (Greek Hera), the consort of Jupiter Capitolinus, and must have been set up in either a public temple or a rich private sanctuary. Part of a large statuette, or bust? Semi-opaque streaky blue in appearance. Hollow block pressed into an open mold with irregular tooling marks on inside and ground flat edges around top of head. Shaped by mold and then details added by carving: long flowing headdress in two folds above hair, falling onto shoulder; hair parted at the center and arranged in flowing locks to either side; arched brows; well-defined eyes with eyelids and upward-looking pupils; straight nose with flaring nostrils; small mouth with pursed lips; small chin; part of dress visible on proper right collar. Broken across bottom and up proper left side; pinprick and some larger bubbles; pitting of surface bubbles and patches of creamy brown weathering. Roman, 1st half of the 2nd century CE. Glass, mold-pressed and carved. Met Museum, New York (59.11.8)
Here’s a stunning large fragmentary glass portrait head of a woman. It probably represents the goddess Juno, and may have once been set up in either a public temple or a rich private sanctuary. The blue glass imitates valuable lapis lazuli. 🏺 #ancientglass AncientBluesky 1/
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Three beautiful #Roman glass bowls (l-r) in a deep purple with white swirls, pale green-blue, & a deep cobalt blue. All of them are about 2000 years old, & would have been a very fashionable piece of tableware (📷 NY Met Museum) 🏺AncientBlueSky #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology #AncientGlass
Ribbed melon-shaped cobalt blue glass flask with a slim round neck and a green handle; the blue body has a stunning greenish-yellow iridescence, like a beetle’s wings.
Who doesn’t love iridescent #ancientglass? Probably made in Syria, this mold-blown melon shaped vessel was unknown in the western half of the Roman empire, but examples have been found in Armenia, Georgia, and the Crimea.
Roman, 2nd half of the 1st c. CE.
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This dark blue - almost black - vessel features a likeness of a striking young man with hair down past his ears, but it is an idealized portrait rather than a depiction of a specific individual. With its wishbone-shaped handle, long neck, and slightly flared mouth, this large head flask likely functioned as a pitcher. The flask's appearance has changed significantly over the centuries. On the neck and right side of the head, a flaky layer, with a rainbow-like appearance has formed. This layer, known as iridescence, was not an effect produced by the glassmaker but is a by-product of aging and weathering. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, glassmakers like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Emile Gallé deliberately created an iridescent effect for their glass. Collectors today greatly value iridescence in ancient glass.
Paging Louis Comfort Tiffany! This strikingly iridescent mold-blown glass vessel is in the shape of an idealized portrait of a young man. It likely served as a pitcher, and has a wishbone-shaped handle. #ancientglass 😍
4th-5th c. CE Roman, E. Mediterranean. #archaeology 🏺
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A #Roman glass amphora-shaped jug, made of a beautiful blue glass with white irregular decoration (& the odd spot of colour) - a beautiful piece of #AncientGlass made about 2000 years ago #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology 🏺AncientBlueSky
A beautiful #Roman glass bowl, in bands of vivid blue, yellow & colourless. It was found in the area around #Vesuvius, & was buried in the AD 79 erruption - fortunately, it was later found & put back together, giving us another lovely example of #AncientGlass!
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Fat pomegranate-shaped pale green glass container, with a flared mouth at the top and two tiny ear-like handles attached to - and part of - the neck. The glass artist has incised decorative patterns into the belly - a double line around the widest part, with ovals shaved into the glass above the line, and large shield shapes with ovals in their centers below. Roman, 3rd c. CE
This #Roman glass flask, dated to the 3rd c. CE, has beautiful incised decoration. It was probably once used as a bath-oil container (dolphin handles). Although said to be from a temple at Maharraqa, Nubia (Aswan, Egypt), it’s far more likely to be from a tomb.
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