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

Lot no. 963

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 large bottle with a broad pear-shaped body, a straight tubular neck, and a rolled lip; a smaller example with a piriform body, a long neck, and a rounded rim; a candlestick flask formed with a tall cylindrical neck rising from a low domed base and finished with a flat out-turned mouth; a vessel with a globular body and a narrow tubular neck opening to a simple everted lip; and a cosmetic jar with an expansive rim set over a spool-like body on a spreading foot. For similar see: The Corning Museum of Glass, Accession Number 64.1.22. Size: 65-105mm x 40-70mm; Weight: 235g Provenance: Private London collection; previously acquired from a New York private collection formed in the 1980s.

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