ROMAN GLASS DATE SHAPED UNGUENTARIUM

Ca. AD 100 - 200 A Roman glass date shape unguentarium with a globular body with the shape of a date connected to a narrow neck and a long funnel shape rim. Date-shaped unguentaria were produced mainly in the eastern part of the Empire and sold to the western side as exotic products. This particular type was spread during the first period of the Roman Empire. For similar see: Christie's. Live Auction 7161, Antiquities, Lot. 197.
Size: 110mm x 75mm; Weight: 55g
Provenance: Property of a London art gallery, acquired on the US art market; Ex. Ye Olde Curiosity Shoppe, NJ., Ex. Dr. Arnold Saslow, acquired in Munich in the late 1970s.; Ex. Macy's department store in 1889.

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Estimate: GBP 150 - 300