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Roman, late Imperial Period, ca. late 3rd to early 5th century CE. A beautiful double unguentarium (makeup-holding vessel) formed from semi-translucent, pale-green glass. The vessel is defined by a narrow base, a pair of fused cylindrical bodies with thick rims, a pair of applied blue-green trails handles, and a tall bale handle arching between the shoulders. Brilliant layers of silvery and rainbow-hued iridescence envelop the exterior and nicely complement the vessel’s soft sage hues. Custom museum-quality display stand included. Size: 2.7″ W x 5.625″ H (6.9 cm x 14.3 cm); 6.4″ H (16.3 cm) on included custom stand.
For a stylistically-similar example of a different color, please see “Glasses of Antiquity.” Fortuna Fine Arts, Ltd., New York, 2002, fig. 110.
Condition: Small nicks to body, base, and handles, with light micro-bubbling within glass matrix, and light weathering film, otherwise intact and very good. Light earthen deposits as well as fine silver and rainbow iridescence throughout.
Provenance: private East Coast, USA collection, acquired at auction; ex-private S.K. Heninger collection, North Carolina, USA, acquired in the 1970s
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