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LOT 0817
Roman Glass Double Unguentarium
3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.
4 3/8 in. (78 grams, 11 cm).
Pale green iridescent glass, two tapering tubes with rolled, everted rims, applied lateral triangular handles.
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.2, New York, 2001, items 742, 744.
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LOT 0817
Roman Glass Double Unguentarium
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
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