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

Lot no. 947

Estimate: £300 - £600

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

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COLLECTION OF ROMAN GLASS UNGUENTARIA. Ca. AD 1 - 200. A collection of five glass unguentaria, including, from left to right: a bottle with a drop-shaped body, a tall tubular neck, and a lightly everted mouth; a candlestick flask with a small globular base rising into a long neck finished with a rolled rim; an example with a slender drop-shaped body and a rounded lip; a piriform vessel in bright aqua glass with an elongated neck and a broad rim; and a second candlestick type with a low discoid base, a long straight neck, and an out-turned mouth. For similar see: The Corning Museum of Glass, Accession Number 59.1.573. Size: 100-140mm x 40-50mm; Weight: 130g Provenance: Private London collection; previously acquired from a New York private collection formed in the 1980s.

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