Roman Glass Unguentarium with Superb Iridescence

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  • Size

    11cm(H) / 4"(H)

  • Condition

    Excellent

    minor hairline crack near base.

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    Roman Glass Unguentarium with Superb Iridescence

    2nd-3rd Century A.D

    Wonderful example of the popular test-tube type, body swollen near base with tall cylindrical neck and everted rim, of light aquamarine glass, darker near swelling with superb variegated iridescence over whole, brown deposits covering parts of body will in time shed increasing the level of iridescence.

    cf. Matheson 1990 78-9