Glass cylindrical bottle with painted decoration, 2nd century


Glass cylindrical bottle with painted decoration, Mid Imperial, 2nd century , Roman, Egyptian, Glass; blown and cold-painted, 7 3/8in. (), Glass, Colorless with yellow green tinge. Colored enamels, painted on exterior. Fragmentary cylindrical bottle; horizontal shoulder with rounded edge; vertical sides, curving in at bottom. Cold-painted decoration on body, comprising three rectangular, vertical panels; at top, red and yellow horizontal lines above a continuous frieze of yellow strokes overpainted with red dots and dashes; a similar pattern runs vertically down sides between the three main panels, which are also framed with red and yellow lines


Size: 4240px × 4240px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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