45. Roman unguentarium, 2nd century AD
Glass
Height: 12.2cm
12209
£ 380
Free-blown unguentarium in a pale blue transparent glass, almost colourless, with thin areas of iridescence on the surface, the lip outsplayed and inward folded, the tall cylindrical neck leading to...
Free-blown unguentarium in a pale blue transparent glass, almost colourless, with thin areas of iridescence on the surface, the lip outsplayed and inward folded, the tall cylindrical neck leading to a bulbous body. Intact, a loose piece of glass inside the bottle which doesn't appear to come from this vessel.
Provenance
Asfar, Catalogue XIV, 24th October 1974, lot 290Charles Ede Ltd, London, UK; acquired from the above, stock number 4272
Leo Jenkinson, Bolton, UK; acquired from the above October 1975
Ian M. Jenkinson, Milton Keynes, UK; by descent from the above
