Description:

**Originally Listed At $300**

Roman, early Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 2nd century CE. A beautiful perfume-holding vessel known as an unguentarium, free-blown from semi-translucent glass of a pale yellow-green hue. The compressed body has a lightly concave base with a rough pontil scar, an elongated cylindrical neck, and a flared rim with an in-folded lip. Areas of brilliant rainbow-hued iridescence gracefully accent the soft spring hues of the vessel and make this an attractive example of utilitarian Roman artistry. Size: 3.4" W x 7.375" H (8.6 cm x 18.7 cm).

Provenance: The Dere Family Collection, New York, USA, assembled 1970s-2000s; ex-S.K. Heninger Collection, North Carolina, USA, acquired in 1970s

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#141973

  • Condition: Repair to area of body from a few large pieces, with light restoration and adhesive residue along break lines. Light abrasions to base, body, and neck, with weathering film and encrustations. Pontil mark on underside of base. A pontil scar or mark indicates that a vessel was free-blown, while the absence of such a mark suggests that the work was either mold-blown or that the mark was intentionally smoothed away or wore away over time. Nice earthen deposits throughout and scattered areas of brilliant rainbow iridescence.

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