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

Lot no. 906

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 compressed globular body, a tall straight neck, and a rounded lip; a slender example with an elongated drop-shaped body rising to a long cylindrical neck capped by a folded rim; a flask with a piriform body, a short collar, and a plain out-turned mouth; a tall vessel with a tapering body, an extended neck with a slight median constriction, and a broad rim; and a bottle with a spherical body, a narrow tubular neck, and a lightly flared mouth. For similar see: The Corning Museum of Glass, Accession Number 76.1.150. Size: 80-130mm x 25-45mm; Weight: 120g Provenance: Private London collection; previously acquired from a New York private collection formed in the 1980s.

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