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N CHAPTER 24 of The Economic History ofByzantium, Pottery and Glass in Byzantium, the authors state, Byza tine glass wares were, generally speaking, luxury goods.' A glance at any collection or exhibition catalogue of Byzantine material would seem to confirm this view, since Byzantine glass is represented usually by a few exceptional examples, notably the famous painted cup in the Treasury of San Marco, Venice.2 Even some fragments-such as the base of a dish or bowl in The Metropolitan Museum of Art (acc. no. 30.95.34), recently redated to the tenth century-display a level of technical and artistic skill that marks them out as luxury ware.3 Likewise the use of glass in mosaics and cloisonne enamels forms part of a very expensive and exclusive tradition. The apparent paucity of glass finds, especially vessels, from secure archaeological contexts only serves to strengthen such a conclusion. The finds from Amorium therefore provide welcome new evidence for the Byzantine glass industry.
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