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Hellenistic 'Spindle-Shaped' Unguentarium Hellenistic 'Spindle-Shaped' Unguentarium Hellenistic 'Spindle-Shaped' Unguentarium
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LOT 0595

Hellenistic 'Spindle-Shaped' Unguentarium

3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C.

4 1/8 in. (37 grams, 10.6 cm).

Ovoid body with slender tubular stem and neck, flat discoid base and everted rim; traces of black paint around the neck and rim. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From the private family collection of Ersula Barter-Hemmerich, the longest serving member of staff working at the United Nations, her private collection formed in the 1950s and 1960s; thence by descent to her grandson.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

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LOT 0595

Hellenistic 'Spindle-Shaped' Unguentarium

Sold for (Inc. bp): £117

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