Miniature Blown and Applied Glass Bottle

This miniature vase or bottle is composed of a globular body, a short neck and an external decoration consisting of five horizontal trails of glass applied on the surface while rotating the blown object on the pontil. Similar containers were produced in the early period in Syria. The trails were then tooled to give them a regular shape and designs. Such objects are characteristic of an early production that are reminiscent of late Roman glassblowing techniques in the eastern Mediterranean.