ROMAN GLASS UNGUENTARIUM FLASK

Ca.200-300 Ad. A Roman glass unguentarium (known as the candlestick type) in blue glass. The long tubular neck tapers to a folded-over wide disk rim above, and merging below into a bulbous body, standing on a flattened base with an inverted center. Fine condition, intact; 130mm; 5.122 in; 29g; Provenance: Property of an established London gallery; acquired from a private estate collection formed in the 1970s.