COLLECTION OF EIGHT ROMAN FUSIFORM GLASS UNGUENTARIA

Ca. AD 1 - 300. A collection of eight free-blown glass unguentaria distinguished by their narrow and elongated profiles. The upper register contains four vessels of varying height in amber and blue-green glass, with drop-shaped bodies, tubular necks, and rounded or everted rims. The lower register comprises a large piriform example, two smaller blue-green unguentaria with tapering bodies, and a tall fusiform phial, its body tapering to a pointed lower terminal. The surfaces bear extensive accretions, dulling, and areas of iridescent weathering. Size: 80-190mm x 15-25mm; Weight: 120g Provenance: From a private London collection; earlier held in an old family collection formed over the period 1960s?2000.