Ancient Roman Glass Decorated Amphora possibly used in antiquity for medicinal herbs.

Ca. 100-200 AD. A sizeable Roman glass amphora, a free-blown jar made from translucent, pale-green glass with a concave base and smooth pontil scar, a globular body with a rounded shoulder, a large collared rim with an out-folded lip, and a pair of applied, blue-green trail handles. The lower body is adorned with a register of applied zigzags in a similar color as the handles, and above that is a register of thin spiraling trail decorations. Some of these have been found in an archaeological context hoding plant material, when the scientifics ran tests on these, it was found to be cannabis, a plant that togehther with Opium was of the sole plants to subdue pain in the ancient cultures. This is why now is thought that this kind of small but nicely decorated small pots were used to hold medicinal herbs Fine silvery and rainbow-hued iridescence envelops nearly all of this fabulous vessel. Good condition; intact; 85x90mm; 3. 349x 3. 546 in; 71g; Provenance: Property of an established London gallery; acquired from a private estate collection formed in the 1970s.