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LOT 0147
Roman Glass Double Unguentarium
3RD-5TH CENTURY A.D.
5 1/8 in. (78 grams total, 13 cm including stand).
Comprising two conjoined tapering tubular cells, with applied handles at the shoulder, decorated with applied trails; mounted on a custom-made stand.
ProvenanceFrom an important London, UK, collection, 1970-1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Cf. Bergman, M. et al., Ancient Glass in the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, 1980, items 194-198, for similar.
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