COLLECTION OF ROMAN GLASS UNGUENTARIA. Ca. AD 1 - 200. A col…

Lot no. 876

Estimate: £300 - £600

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

Description

COLLECTION OF ROMAN GLASS UNGUENTARIA. Ca. AD 1 - 200. A collection of five glass unguentaria, including, from left to right: a bottle with a near-spherical body, a drawn cylindrical neck, and a rolled rim; a slender phial with a small drop-shaped lower bulb, a fine straight neck, and an everted mouth; a dark green example with a piriform body, a constricted neck, and an out-turned lip; a tall vessel with a long tubular neck above a compact tear-shaped lower body, and a pear-shaped bottle with a high neck and an everted mouth. For similar see: The Corning Museum of Glass, Accession Number 76.1.150; The British Museum, Museum number 1856,1226.1253. Size: 90-130mm x 23-45mm; Weight: 85g Provenance: Private London collection; previously acquired from a New York private collection formed in the 1980s.

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