Touch the ancient world – own a piece of history – but remember it belongs to all humanity
Touch the ancient world – own a piece of history – but remember it belongs to all humanity
$175.00
Colorless glass, transparent, with bubbles. Tubular, swelling out at bottom to form a small conical body, pushed in base; slight widening towards top with spreading rim folded irregularly on top. Creamy film with faint iridescence. Mended in the middle (one seam).
H. 5.7″ (14.5 cm).
For similar published unguentaria see:
Hayes J. W. Roman and Pre-Roman Glass in the Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, 1975, cat. 236;
Matheson S. B. Ancient Glass in the Yale University Art Gallery. Yale University Art Gallery, 1980, cat. 155.
Calvi, M.C. I Vetri Romani del Museo di Aquileia, 1968, pl.3.
M.C.Root, Wondrous glass. Reflections on the world of Rome, 1982, Kesley Museum of Archaeology, pl. 9 d