Four pale green Roman glass vessels
Circa 1st-3rd Centuries A.D.
Including a carinated dish with out-turned rim, central omphalos and ring base, 4¾in. (12cm.), a small sprinkler bottle with spherical body, indented base, cylindrical neck, pinched in at the bottom and wide flared mouth with folded rim, 3¼in. (8.2cm.), and two 'candlestick' unguentaria, with indented shallow disc bases and tall thin necks with flared rims, 7¼in. (18.4cm.), all have some iridescence
Including a carinated dish with out-turned rim, central omphalos and ring base, 4¾in. (12cm.), a small sprinkler bottle with spherical body, indented base, cylindrical neck, pinched in at the bottom and wide flared mouth with folded rim, 3¼in. (8.2cm.), and two 'candlestick' unguentaria, with indented shallow disc bases and tall thin necks with flared rims, 7¼in. (18.4cm.), all have some iridescence
Sold for
£418
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Provenance:
Purchased by the current owners in Nicosia, Cyprus in 1960 and brought to the UK in 1961.
Category: Antiquities
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