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LOT 0961
Roman Pale Green Glass Candlestick Unguentarium
CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
5 3/8 in. (29.8 grams, 13.6 cm).
With a bell-shaped body, a tall, pinched neck, and a flared and rolled rim to the mouth. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a late Norfolk, UK gentleman's collection, formed from the late 1960s-1970s.
LiteratureCf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997, item 268, for type; Lightfoot, C.S., The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art: Ancient Glass, New York, 2017, pp.258-259, nos.375-378, for similar unguentaria.
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LOT 0961
Roman Pale Green Glass Candlestick Unguentarium
Estimate £120 - 170€140 - 200 (for guidance only)$160 - 230 (for guidance only)
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