Roman Glass Unguentarium

1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D.

5 7/8 in. (78 grams, 15 cm).

With plano-convex body and dimple base, tall slender neck, folded rim; iridescent green surface.

Provenance

From an important London collection of glass, 1990s.

Literature

Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997, item 262.

Footnotes

This kind of toilet bottle was called ‘candlestick unguentarium’ by the academics due to the shape of its neck. This specific type, with its transparent grayish green glass, is especially found in Roman Cyprus (Hayes's fabric 2 of Cypriot blown glass).

CONDITION

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