Roman
A Roman green glass unguentarium, circa 2nd - 3rd century AD
Glass
Height: 14.7 cm
£ 275.00
In pale green transparent glass, the tall unguent vessel of 'candlestick' form has been blown with a conical body, a long elongated tubular neck and wide folded downturned mouth for...
In pale green transparent glass, the tall unguent vessel of 'candlestick' form has been blown with a conical body, a long elongated tubular neck and wide folded downturned mouth for pouring. The base is slightly concave with a faint pontil mark.
Provenance
UK private collection, formed from the 1960s onwardsLiterature
Such vessels were perfume bottles. For a similar example in the Corning Museum of Glass (acc. no.99.1.2)see D. Whitehouse, Roman Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass, vol. 3, 2003, pp. 141-142, 226.