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Installed in Art Before 700 CE, Spring 2025 Label Text:
Colored Glass from the Roman Empire
The shards of glass below display a rainbow of colors, offering a glimpse into the array of brightly colored and patterned glass vessels available to ancient Romans. The multitude of colors were achieved by adding metallic oxides to the molten glass. In the bottom row, the lustrous purple glass was achieved with the metal manganese. Copper would produce shades of blue and green, lead was used for dark green, and cobalt for bright blue. The metal antimony was used to make opaque white glass—seen in the glittering example in the top row. Stripes, spirals, and other multi-colored designs heighten the glass’s dazzling effect.
[Displayed with 44.C.K, 11.C.K, 12.C.K, 22.C.K, 4.C.K, 1924.5a.C.K, 20.C.K, 13.C.K, 14.C.K, 18.C.K, 23.C.K, 17.C.K, 21.C.K, 16.C.K, 6.C.K, 9.C.K, 3.C.K, 1.C.X.K]
Tags:
ancient; archaeology Subjects:
archaeological objects; Civilization, Ancient Link to share this object record:
https://museums.fivecolleges.edu/detail.php?t=objects&type=ext&id_number=MH+7.C.K |
