Unguentaria Glasses
by Andonis Katanos
Title
Unguentaria Glasses
Artist
Andonis Katanos
Medium
Photograph - Archeological Photography
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Glass vases from Macedonian tombs (late 3rd c.AD). Museum of Dion, Greece. Hellenistic glass was glass produced during the Hellenistic period, from the conquests of Alexander the Great (356-323 BC) to the expansion of the Roman Empire (second half of the 1st century BC - 476) in the Mediterranean, Europe, western Asia and northern Africa. Glassmaking at this time was based on the technological traditions of the Classical antiquity and the Late Bronze Age, but was marked by transition from limited production of luxury objects made for the social elite to mass production of affordable glass vessels used by the broader public to satisfy everyday needs.
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November 5th, 2011
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