COLLECTION OF ROMAN GLASS UNGUENTARIA

Ca. AD 1 - 200. A collection of five glass unguentaria, including, from left to right: a tall emerald-green drop-shaped phial with a long cylindrical neck ending in a broad rim; a small unguent pot of spool profile with a wide flat rim and a flat foot; a compact bottle with a tapering ovoid body, a short neck, and an out-turned lip; a bottle with a rounded lower body and an elongated neck finished with an everted rim; and a narrow phial with a small bulb base rising into a straight neck with a rolled rim. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number 1856,1226.1253, 1901,0413.3113. Size: 52-130mm x 30-30mm; Weight: 85g Provenance: Private London collection; previously acquired from a New York private collection formed in the 1980s.