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THBRoman Glass Double Unguentarium w/ Handle
Lot 51
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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2018-07-05 10:00:00
2018-07-05 10:00:00
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Rome, Imperial Period, ca. 2nd to 3rd century CE. A spectacular Roman green glass double unguentarium, sometimes called a balsamarium, with a high arched handle and four rippling ribbon-like trails adorning the sides of the unguents making for a most wonderful effect. The conjoined tubes have a continuous band of green rigaree winding around their contours starting at the top of rim and ending about an inch above the base. Wealthy women in ancient Roman times would employ these pieces to contain their precious unguents or oils. Another use was as a double kohl vessel containing the two colors of eye makeup. This vessel appears to contain remains of such contents. Vessels like this have also been found in tombs and were used to contain scented oils or precious cosmetics for the deceased to carry into the next world. Size: 6-1/4" H. Size: 7.875" H (20 cm); 8.5" H (21.6 cm) on included custom stand.
See Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass (2001), p. 192, 742 ff for a similar piece.
Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex European collection H.S., acquired 1971-1998
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#130847Handle repaired and reattached with small loss to one end. Upper section of one of the ribbon trails reattached. Some losses to rigaree, but much remains. Sediment fills about 1/3 to 1/2 of each vessel. Attractive rainbow and silvery iridescence.Condition
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