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ena lazar ■ pogled skozi steklo • a look through the glass 122 Figure 55: The bowl from Bakar with figural decoration, Archaeological Museum Zagreb (photo: Igor Krajcar).
Slika 55: Skodela iz Bakra s figuralnim okrasom, Arheološki muzej Zagreb (foto: Igor Krajcar).
lines made with small metal wheel grinders of the most renowned and quality products com-
various forms and hardness, they shaped the ba- ing from ateliers in Rome, the Rhineland and
sic outlines, adding detail by hand with a hard- Egypt.
tipped, perhaps diamond (?) tool, and etched
and opaque sections created a play of light and In the last few years, researchers have recog-
shadow in place of colours. The differences in nized and determined a new group of products,
the quality of workmanship of the preserved ex- made in Egypt, probably in a workshop in Al-
amples indicate that individual production cen- exandria (Stern 2001; Nenna 2003; 2007). Their
tres brilliantly mastered their trade and were ca- distinct characteristic is the use of engravings
pable of creating a three-dimensional effect on for the contours, i.e. the borders, combined with
the vessel. The arduousness of the decorating hand-made incisions for the details. Among the
and work soon lifted these master craftsmen to a few products belonging to this group is also a
higher, more prestigious level, compared to oth- vessel that was transported from the African
er glass-workers. coast to the northern Adriatic (Gregl and Lazar
2008, 110, tab. 5: 3).
Based on preserved objects with engraved
figural and geometric decoration it has been pos- Since the end of the 19th century, the Ar-
sible to recognize and define several groups of chaeological Museum in Zagreb has kept the
products that belonged to individual workshops partially examined material from the Roman
in the period of the Roman Empire. Such work- necropolis in Bakar (Roman Volcera) (Gre-
shops probably operated for several generations, gl and Lazar 2008, 110, tab. 5: 3). The individu-
al grave inventories were not preserved after be-
Slika 55: Skodela iz Bakra s figuralnim okrasom, Arheološki muzej Zagreb (foto: Igor Krajcar).
lines made with small metal wheel grinders of the most renowned and quality products com-
various forms and hardness, they shaped the ba- ing from ateliers in Rome, the Rhineland and
sic outlines, adding detail by hand with a hard- Egypt.
tipped, perhaps diamond (?) tool, and etched
and opaque sections created a play of light and In the last few years, researchers have recog-
shadow in place of colours. The differences in nized and determined a new group of products,
the quality of workmanship of the preserved ex- made in Egypt, probably in a workshop in Al-
amples indicate that individual production cen- exandria (Stern 2001; Nenna 2003; 2007). Their
tres brilliantly mastered their trade and were ca- distinct characteristic is the use of engravings
pable of creating a three-dimensional effect on for the contours, i.e. the borders, combined with
the vessel. The arduousness of the decorating hand-made incisions for the details. Among the
and work soon lifted these master craftsmen to a few products belonging to this group is also a
higher, more prestigious level, compared to oth- vessel that was transported from the African
er glass-workers. coast to the northern Adriatic (Gregl and Lazar
2008, 110, tab. 5: 3).
Based on preserved objects with engraved
figural and geometric decoration it has been pos- Since the end of the 19th century, the Ar-
sible to recognize and define several groups of chaeological Museum in Zagreb has kept the
products that belonged to individual workshops partially examined material from the Roman
in the period of the Roman Empire. Such work- necropolis in Bakar (Roman Volcera) (Gre-
shops probably operated for several generations, gl and Lazar 2008, 110, tab. 5: 3). The individu-
al grave inventories were not preserved after be-
