PAIR OF HELLENISTIC GLASS UNGUENTARIA. Ca. 200 - 1 BC. A pai…

Lot no. 821

Estimate: £300 - £600

Sale date : 11/30/2025 at 2:00 PM

Description

PAIR OF HELLENISTIC GLASS UNGUENTARIA. Ca. 200 - 1 BC. A pair of glass unguentaria, including, from left to right: a fusiform bottle with an ovoid body narrowing into a long hollow stem below and a slender drawn neck above; and a taller example with an elongated drop-shaped body, a long cylindrical neck finished with a rounded rim, and a tapering hollow stem base. For similar see: C. S. Lightfoot, The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art (Glass), Cat. 490, 494; R. A. Grossmann, Ancient Glass: A Guide to the Yale Collection, fig. 9, p. 10. Size: 100-105mm x 20-35mm; Weight: 20g Provenance: Private London collection; previously acquired from a New York private collection formed in the 1980s.

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