LARGE COLLECTION OF TEN ROMAN GLASS UNGUENTARIA

Ca. AD 1 - 300. A collection of ten free-blown glass vessels of varied proportions. The upper register comprises a large unguentarium with a compressed globular body and an exceptionally long cylindrical neck, flanked by two fusiform unguentaria in blue and green glass. Below are two piriform vessels with moderately elongated necks, a small dark-glass flask with a globular body, a slender blue phial, and a green bottle of ovoid form. Two tall drop-shaped unguentaria, one green and the other brownish, complete the group. The surfaces preserve earthen deposits, opaque weathering, and blue, green, and violet iridescence. Size: 55-130mm x 20-55mm; Weight: 200g Provenance: From a private London collection; earlier held in an old family collection formed over the period 1960s–2000.

Estimate:$401.85

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