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Message:: [QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 6270438, member: 110350"]I asked the dealer from whom I purchased the vase -- Helios Gallery in the UK, who are rather well-known as dealers in ancient glass; I've purchased from them before* -- what it was about the vase that led them to date it to the 1st Century AD. I received the following response this morning: "The shape is 1st Century though the colour can be found in glass throughout the Roman period albeit much less common than pale green or blue. We tend to go by the date attributions to shapes classified by The Carnegie Museum." Always nice to receive a prompt response from a knowledgeable dealer! By the Carnegie Museum, I believe the dealer means the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh, which has a notable collection of ancient glass. In fact, there's a book about it published back in 1980. *Among my antiquities purchased from the Helios Gallery over the last 15 years are the bronze antelope I posted earlier in this thread, my faience amulet of Bes (posted several times), and this squat blue-green 5th century AD Roman glass jar with some silver iridescence: [ATTACH=full]1248276[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]