LARGE COLLECTION OF ROMAN GLASS UNGUENTARIA

Ca. 100 BC - AD 300. A collection of nine glass unguentaria, including, from top left: a colourless glass flask with a globular body, tall cylindrical neck and everted rim; a pale green glass example with a rounded body and long tapering neck; a blue glass flask with a piriform body, elongated neck and everted rim; an amber glass unguentarium with an elongated tubular neck and narrow piriform body; a pale green glass example with a rounded body and long cylindrical neck; a pale blue glass flask with a squat globular body and tall neck; an amber glass unguentarium with a slender tapering neck and elongated body; a further amber glass example with a bulbous body and cylindrical neck; and an iridescent glass unguentarium with a slender piriform body and long neck. Size: 100-165mm x 25-40mm; Weight: 235g Provenance: From a private London collection; earlier held in an old family collection formed over the period 1960s–2000.

Estimate:£300

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