COLLECTION OF NINE ROMAN AND LATE ROMAN GLASS UNGUENTARIA

Middle Roman Imperial to Late Roman period, ca. AD 100 - 400. A collection of nine free-blown glass unguentaria and small bottles. The upper register comprises three tall blue-green vessels with elongated piriform bodies, cylindrical necks, and slightly everted rims. In the lower register, from left to right, are a tall green cylindrical bottle with vertical ribbing; a squat, approximately square vessel with rounded shoulders and a short neck; and a heavily weathered globular unguentarium. These are followed by a green ovoid bottle supported upon three applied feet, a large grey-blue piriform flask with an elongated neck, and a miniature spool-shaped unguentarium with a broad folded rim. The surfaces display extensive mineral accretions, opaque weathering, and areas of blue, green, and silver iridescence. Size: 40-125mm x 25-45mm; Weight: 290g Provenance: From a private London collection; earlier held in an old family collection formed over the period 1960s–2000.

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