Roman Amber Glass Cosmetic Unguentarium
Roman Amber Glass Cosmetic Unguentarium, view 2
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Roman Amber Glass Cosmetic Unguentarium, view 4
Roman Amber Glass Cosmetic Unguentarium
Roman Amber Glass Cosmetic Unguentarium, view 2
Roman Amber Glass Cosmetic Unguentarium, view 3
Roman Amber Glass Cosmetic Unguentarium, view 4
Roman Amber Glass Cosmetic Unguentarium
Roman Amber Glass Cosmetic Unguentarium Roman Amber Glass Cosmetic Unguentarium, view 2 Roman Amber Glass Cosmetic Unguentarium, view 3 Roman Amber Glass Cosmetic Unguentarium, view 4

Roman Amber Glass Cosmetic Unguentarium

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Circa  1st to 3rd Century AD

Delicate iridescent amber glass tube with on pointed base with slender neck and slightly out turned rim. 
Size 5-1/5 inches H.; 6-1/4 inches on custom mount. 
Provenance: Ex Jan Mitchell Collection, Acq 1990s.
For similar examples see Susan Auth, Ancient Glass at the Newark Museum, New Jersey, 1976; and S. B. Matheson, Ancient Glass in the Yale University Art Gallery, Yale, 1980.

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