Late Roman to Early Byzantin Glass Unguentarium
Late Roman to Early Byzantin Glass Unguentarium
Late Roman to Early Byzantin Glass Unguentarium
Late Roman to Early Byzantin Glass Unguentarium
Late Roman to Early Byzantin Glass Unguentarium
Late Roman to Early Byzantin Glass Unguentarium
Late Roman to Early Byzantin Glass Unguentarium
Late Roman to Early Byzantin Glass Unguentarium
Late Roman to Early Byzantin Glass Unguentarium
Late Roman to Early Byzantin Glass Unguentarium
Late Roman to Early Byzantin Glass Unguentarium
Late Roman to Early Byzantin Glass Unguentarium Late Roman to Early Byzantin Glass Unguentarium Late Roman to Early Byzantin Glass Unguentarium Late Roman to Early Byzantin Glass Unguentarium Late Roman to Early Byzantin Glass Unguentarium

Late Roman to Early Byzantin Glass Unguentarium

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Eastern Mediterranean, Syro-Palestinian / Levantine coast, Circa 3rd–5th Century CE
Late Roman to Early Byzantine blown-glass cosmetic bottle or unguentarium of heavy, thick-walled construction. The vessel features a wide, funnel-shaped everted mouth with a rounded lip set above a short, pinched neck ring/collar. The conical upper body gently expands toward a substantial lower section adorned with a thick, applied coil of glass crimped into a prominent wavy "rigaree" or pinched scalloped fringe. The vessel rests on a solid, flat-to-slightly concave basal pad displaying a rough central pontil scar. The entire exterior is enveloped in a thick, encrusted dark earthen and silvery-gray burial patina with heavy weathering, calcification, and subtle underlying iridescence typical of Levantine finds.
Size 3 inches H.
Provenance: Mr. Sid Hart, Cos Cob, Connecticut, acquired 1980s–1990s.

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