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4th Century A.D. Tablewares |
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Deep bowl; D., 15.0 cm Shallow bowl; D., 18.5 cm Shallow dish; D., 23.0 cm Shallow dish; D., 29.6 cm |
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From early on, the size of items
that each could produce set the glassworking and potterymaking industries
apart from one another. The famous cameo amphora from the "House of the
Mosaic Columns" at Pompeii, that stands close to 32 cm high, is massive
in glassblowing terms, at least for something with so complicated a decoration.
But it is dwarfed by many contemporary pottery items, such as the figures
of an actor and an actress (each about 113 cm high) that were found near
the theater in the same ancient city. Nor do we have any glassmaking project
recorded in ancient literature that rivals the following: |
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