COLLECTION OF ROMAN GLASS UNGUENTARIA

Ca. AD 1 - 300. A collection of six glass unguentaria, including, from left to right: a blue glass unguentarium with a slender tubular body, rounded base, narrow neck, and flared rim; a candlestick unguentarium with a domed body, cylindrical neck, and wide rim; a tall candlestick unguentarium with a globular body, long cylindrical neck, and broad folded rim; two blue glass candlestick unguentaria, each with a flared lower body, narrow neck, and everted rim; and a slender blue glass unguentarium with an elongated tubular body, rounded base, narrow neck, and flared mouth. Size: 50-195mm x 25-50mm; Weight: 270g Provenance: From a private London collection; earlier present on the French art market in the 1980s.