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Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st century CE. An elegant hand-blown glass unguentarium, presenting a cylindrical body, a sharply corseted shoulder, a gradually flaring neck, and a broken pontil scar on the base. The glass possesses beautiful sage green hues embellished with layers of golden and rainbow hued iridescence. A beautiful example most likely used for storing precious aromatic oils. Size: 0.9" W x 2.625" H (2.3 cm x 6.7 cm)

This unguentarium and twenty three other items hammered at Bonhams, London, Knightsbridge Antiquities Auction (May 8, 2013, part of lot 198).

Provenance: private Davis collection, Houston, Texas, USA; ex-Bonhams, London, Knightsbridge Antiquities Auction (May 8, 2013, part of lot 198); ex-private United Kingdom collection, acquired between 1955 and 1976 in Lebanon and the Near East

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#139092

  • Condition: Minor pitting and abrasions to body, neck, and rim, with light encrustations and weathering film, otherwise intact and very good. Nice earthen deposits and iridescence throughout.

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