Ancient Roman Translucent Glass Amphora

Roman Period 300 – 400 CE, 7.5” Inches High and 1.7” Inches Wide

Ancient Roman Translucent Glass Amphora with two handles and an elongated neck.
Mould-blown with a long cylindrical body, the flaring neck with an inward-folded everted rim, Intact in good condition. 

 In the middle of the 1st century BC, just as Rome was emerging as the Mediterranean’s dominant political, military, and economic power, a technique pioneered by Syrian craftsmen arrived: glassblowing. It revolutionized the industry overnight, allowing the Romans to produce glass much more quickly, at a fraction of the cost and on a vast scale.