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Getty Cameo Bottle

Date 25 B.C. – 25 A.D.
Dimensions H. 7.6 cm, W. 4.2 cm
Accession Number 85.AF.84 (Getty Museum)
Credit Getty Museum
Video Type full
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One of the earliest and most clever glassblowing processes is that used to make blanks for some of the surviving Roman-period cameo vessels. The video shows the gathering of white glass atop an elongated bubble of dark blue glass."

Video 4 One of the earliest and most clever glassblowing processes is that used to make blanks for some of the surviving Roman-period cameo vessels. The video shows the gathering of white glass atop an elongated bubble of dark blue glass.
Video 4 One of the earliest and most clever glassblowing processes is that used to make blanks for some of the surviving Roman-period cameo vessels. The video shows the gathering of white glass atop an elongated bubble of dark blue glass.
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