ROMAN GLASS DOUBLE UNGUENTARIUM
Ca. 200–300 AD.
A double-tube glass balsamarium with decorative applied trails around both rims and bodies in a green-clue tinge. It displays patches of thick milky weathering and brilliant iridescence. The chambers were formed by pinching a single open free-blown vessel rather than folding over. Balsamarium were used for holding two different types of scented oils or liquid.Cf. Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.2, New York, 2001, item 745, for type; Lightfoot, C.S., Ancient Glass in National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh, 2007, item 260, For a similar.
Size: L:145mm / W:48mm ; 73.5g
Provenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market before 2000.
Estimate: GBP 300 - 600