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LOT 0128
Roman Azure Blue Glass Unguentarium
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
2 3/4 in. (22.23 grams, 71 mm).
With piriform body and dimple base, narrow neck and everted rim; rich blue iridescent surface.
ProvenanceFrom a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
LiteratureCf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.2, New York, 2001, item 772, for type.
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