Roman glass jug
Blown vessels with applied blobs of differently colored, marvered glass were very fashionable in the Julio-Claudian and Early Flavian periods. Some examples have been found in Pompeii. The vivid patterns can be seen as an attempt by glass blowers to imitate the polychrome effects of marbled cast glass.
Roman, Early Imperial, 1st century CE.
Met Museum, New York (17.194.276)
Roman glass jug
Blown vessels with applied blobs of differently colored, marvered glass were very fashionable in the Julio-Claudian and Early Flavian periods. Some examples have been found in Pompeii. The vivid patterns can be seen as an attempt by glass blowers to imitate the polychrome effects of marbled cast glass.
Roman, Early Imperial, 1st century CE.
Met Museum, New York (17.194.276)