Glass bottle in the shape of a fish, 4th century
Glass bottle in the shape of a fish, Late Imperial, 4th century , Roman, Glass; blown and tooled, length 4 5/8in. (), Glass, Translucent pale blue green; applied trails and blobs in same color., Tubular body, tooled at front to form open mouth, and drawn up and pressed flat at back to form solid tail., Tail tooled into three vertical fins; a long trail applied along top to form a dorsal fin; two blobs applied to sides of head as eyes; two tooled blobs applied at sides of body as small fins; two smaller blobs applied at back below tail as other fins, and a small blob applied to front of base of tail
Size: 4240px × 4240px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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