LARGE COLLECTION OF TEN ROMAN GLASS UNGUENTARIA

Ca. AD 1 - 300. A collection of ten free-blown glass vessels in pale blue, blue-green, and amber glass. Three tall fusiform unguentaria occupy the upper register, each with a drop-shaped body, elongated cylindrical neck, and folded or everted rim. Below are a pale-blue unguentarium with a spherical body and very long neck, an ovoid bottle with vertical ribbing, and two squat globular bottles with short necks. Three further piriform or fusiform unguentaria complete the group, together with a larger ovoid unguentarium at the far right. Size: 50-120mm x 15-45mm; Weight: 225g 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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