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LOT 0795

Sold for (Inc. bp): £390

ROMAN GLASS DOUBLE UNGUENTARIUM
3RD-5TH CENTURY A.D.
4 1/2 in. (72.5 grams, 11.3 cm).

Comprising two conjoined tapering tubular cells, with applied handles at the shoulder, decorated with applied trails.

PROVENANCE:
Acquired from a London, UK, gallery, 1980s.From a North American gentleman's collection, 1980-1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

LITERATURE:
Cf. Bergman, M. et al., Ancient Glass in the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, 1980, items 194-198, for similar.

CONDITION
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