Banded agate amphoriskos (perfume bottle), Early Imperial, Augustan or early Julio-Claudian, late 1st century B.C.–early 1st century A.D., Roman, Banded agate, H. 2 3/8 in. (6.0 cm), Miscellaneous-Stone Vases, In Hellenistic and Roman times, vessels made in semiprecious stone were much sought after as symbols of wealth and sophistication. They were used as diplomatic gifts or treasured as heirlooms, and many of them found their way into royal tombs or imperial collections, both in antiquity and later
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Banded agate amphoriskos, perfume bottle, Early Imperial, Augustan, early Julio-Claudian, late 1st century B.C.–early .D, Roman, agate, H, 2 3/8, 6.0 cm, Miscellaneous-Stone Vases, Hellenistic, Roman times, vessels, semiprecious stone, symbols, wealth, sophistication, diplomatic gifts, treasured, heirlooms, way, royal tombs, imperial collections, antiquity, later
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