Roman Empire

===Decorative arts===
{{further|Ancient Roman pottery|Roman glass}}
[[Decorative arts]] for luxury consumers included fine pottery, silver and bronze vessels and implements, and glassware. Pottery manufacturing was economically important, as were the glass and metalworking industries. Imports stimulated new regional centres of production. Southern Gaul became a leading producer of the finer red-gloss pottery (''[[terra sigillata]]'') that was a major trade good in 1st-century Europe.{{Sfnp|Gagarin|2010|p=202}} [[Glassblowing]] was regarded by the Romans as originating in Syria in the 1st century BC, and by the 3rd century, Egypt and the [[Rhineland]] had become noted for fine glass.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Butcher |first=Kevin |title=Roman Syria and the Near East |date=2003 |publisher=Getty Publications |isbn=0-89236-715-6 |pages=201ff}}; {{Harvp|Bowman|Garnsey|Cameron|2005|p=421}}</ref>
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File:Skyphos Boscoreale Louvre Bj2367.jpg|Silver [[skyphos|cup]], from the [[Boscoreale Treasure]] (early 1st century AD)
File:Céramique sigillée Metz 100109 2.jpg|Finely decorated Gallo-Roman ''[[terra sigillata]]'' bowl
File:Boucles d'oreilles 3ème siècle Musée de Laon 030208.jpg|Gold earrings with gemstones, 3rd century
File:Munich Cup Diatretum 22102016 1.jpg|Glass [[cage cup]] from the Rhineland, 4th century
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