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LOT 0682
Late Roman Glass Double Unguentarium
5TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.
4 1/2 in. (5 3/8 in.) (53.7 grams, 11.6 cm (116 grams total, 13.5 cm including stand)).
Composed of two conjoined tapering tubular cells, with lateral applied handles at the shoulder, decorated with applied trails; mounted on a custom-made stand.
Provenance
From an important London collection of glass, 1990s.
Literature
Cf. Bergman, M. et al., Ancient Glass in the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, 1980, items 194-198, for similar; Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.2, New York, 2001, item 742, for type.
Footnotes
These late Roman double cosmetic tubes were mainly produced in the Eastern provinces. They were formed as two tubes, side by side, made from a single bubble of glass by pinching the sides vertically to form a diaphragm. The decoration consisted of a trail wound once around the body just below the rim, and a further trail wound in a spiral several times around the body.
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LOT 0682
Late Roman Glass Double Unguentarium
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
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