Lot of 4 Roman Glass Bottles - Sweet & Petite

**First Time At Auction**

Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A quartet of charming blown glass vessels, each made to hold perfumes, unguents, or other personal items for ancient Romans. Each features a bulbous lower body, a thin neck, and a flaring mouth with rolled rim. Three have ribbed decoration, while the last has a smooth body that has attained beautiful opaque deposits. Size of tallest: 1.65" W x 3" H (4.2 cm x 7.6 cm)

Provenance: private Dunn collection, Coral Springs, Florida, USA, acquired in the 1990s

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#151500
Condition Report: All four are intact. All four have pontil marks. Vessel possesses a pontil scar or mark which indicates that the vessel was free-blown. (The absence of such a mark would suggest that the work was either mold-blown or that the mark was intentionally smoothed away or worn away over time.)