Four small Roman glass vessels and a bangle circa 2nd-4th century AD....
Four small Roman glass vessels and a bangle
circa 2nd-4th century AD.
Including a pale blue spherical-bodied unguentarium, trailing applied to the tall cylindrical neck, 8.1cmcm; a pale blue glass unguentarium with squat spherical body, the neck tapering towards the out-turned rim, 7cm; an amber vessel with conical shaped body, short cylindrical neck slightly pinched in at its base with an out-turned rim, 7cm and a heavy blue glass candlestick unguentarium, 6cm., and a multi-coloured Islamic glass bangle, 7cm diam. (5)
Provenance: Private UK collection acquired by the vendor's family when they lived in Cairo in the 1960s
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Four small Roman glass vessels and a bangle
circa 2nd-4th century AD.
Including a pale blue spherical-bodied unguentarium, trailing applied to the tall cylindrical neck, 8.1cmcm; a pale blue glass unguentarium with squat spherical body, the neck tapering towards the out-turned rim, 7cm; an amber vessel with conical shaped body, short cylindrical neck slightly pinched in at its base with an out-turned rim, 7cm and a heavy blue glass candlestick unguentarium, 6cm., and a multi-coloured Islamic glass bangle, 7cm diam. (5)
Provenance: Private UK collection acquired by the vendor's family when they lived in Cairo in the 1960s