71. Roman unguentarium, 1st century AD
Glass
Height: 8.7cm
10927 IVP
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Free-blown in translucent, cobalt-blue glass. The piriform body has a slight pinch at the conjunction with the tall cylindrical neck, the lip out-turned and inward-folded, a pontil mark on the...
Free-blown in translucent, cobalt-blue glass.
The piriform body has a slight pinch at the
conjunction with the tall cylindrical neck,
the lip out-turned and inward-folded, a
pontil mark on the underside of the slightly
flattened base. Intact, the surface with some
slight iridescence.
Provenance
J. Mazard, France, the Bahamas and USA; acquired 1980s
Literature
Compare Anastassios Antonaras, Fire and Sand; Ancient Glass in the Princeton University Art Museum (Princeton, 2012), p.220-221, nos.342-345