Roman Irridescent Glass Aryballos
Roman Irridescent Glass Aryballos
Roman Irridescent Glass Aryballos
Roman Irridescent Glass Aryballos

Roman Irridescent Glass Aryballos

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ca. 2nd to 3rd Century AD

Free-blown aryballos in pale blue-green glass, the spherical body rising to a short cylindrical neck and a wide, flattened rim folded inward. Two thick "dolphin" handles, applied at the shoulder and drawn up to the rim, each folded over at the top into a small loop through which a chain once passed. Aryballoi held scented oil for the bath and were carried on a chain together with a strigil. Intact; silvery-blue iridescence, flaking weathering, and dark encrustation. Mounted.

Size: 3 inches (7.6 cm) H. x 2 inches (5.1 cm) Diam. + custom base.

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