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Historic Images of the Greek Bronze Age: The Reproductions of E. Gilliéron and Son

Seán Hemingway, curator, Department of Greek and Roman Art, discusses early twentieth-century reproductions of works from Sir Arthur Evans's historic excavations of Minoan Crete and Heinrich Schliemann's Mycenaean Greece.

This lecture was recorded on September 9, 2011, in conjunction with the exhibition Historic Images of the Greek Bronze Age: The Reproductions of E. Gilliéron & Son, on view May 17, 2011, through June 17, 2012.

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Glass globular bottle

Period:: Late Imperial
Date:: 3rd–4th century A.D.
Culture:: Roman
Medium:: Glass; blown and cut
Dimensions:: H.: 5 7/8 in. (15 cm)
Classification:: Glass
Credit Line:: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Accession Number:: 17.194.317

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 169

References

Smith, Ray Winfield. 1949. "The Significance of Roman Glass." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 8(2): p. 56.
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