Lovely green glass unguentarium with a tall slender body with bulbous base, a little iridescence. Circa 2nd century AD. In perfect condition! Measures 3 inches in height.
Truly unbelievable colour on this Ancient Roman Glass vase! Beautiful dark blue glass with gorgeous bright-blue iridescence. Measure 4.5 inches in height and is, intact said for a small piece of the lip missing. Has some organic deposits still inside! Nice iridescence and much nicer than photo captures. Dates to approx. 100-300 AD. RARE!!!!!!!
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Clear Roman glass flask with heavy mineral deposits throughout. Has a very long and slender neck and a round body. Dates to circa 100-300 AD and measures 6.25 inches tall. Small chip on lip otherwise intact!
Provenance: From the collection of Alex G. Malloy, former dealer in antiquities for 40 years.
Ancient Roman olive-green coloured free-blown patellae. This ancient vessel has a drawn, low pedestal foot with slight grooves. It also has a very wide and intact tapered rim. The body is flared, bell shaped and very wide. Has a small piece missing and a stable fracture to the body. Measure 4.25 inches wide. Dates to circa 1st-4th Century AD.
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Lovely little olive green thick walled squat glass bottle. Has a short neck with round squat body. No rim on this small example however has a concave base. Has areas of encrustation on the surface. Dates to approx 200 to 300 AD. Intact and measures 2.25 inches in height.
Provenance: From the collection of Alex G. Malloy, former dealer in antiquities for 40 years.
Beautiful Unguentarium with a low pear-shaped body with a tall slende neck and a concave base. The glass over the entire surface is dark in colour and a layer with noticeable iridescence of silver, blue and purple. Unguentaria types of free blown glass made throughout the Roman Empire. May have been called "ampulla" in ancient Rome or antiquity. They were easily tooled therefore made perfect vessels for mass production. These unguentaria were thought to carry primarily unguents (hence ...click for details
Ancient Roman marbleized amber colour glass bottle. Has a lovely globular body, long neck and flared lip. Freeblown construction and intact said for being lip reattached. Dates to circa 300 AD and measures 4.5 inches in height.
Provenance: Old collection of a retired antiquities dealer.
A nice blue green glass double chambered balsamarium from circa the 1st to 3rd century AD. These glass vessels were used mainly for holding cosmetics. This fine example has two rolled rims with two opposing handles. One handle has a portion missing (as seen in photo) and an applied thread decoration in the mid area of the body. Rim slightly chipped, lovely colour with earthen deposits. Measures 4.85 inches in height.
Here you find a lovely ancient aquamarine Roman glass beaker, cup. It is intact with only a tiny hole on one side (as seen in photo) and some earthen deposits. It is a freeblown light blue-green example with a small foot and flaring rim. A nice glass thread has been applied just under the lip. Dates to approx. 100 to 300 AD and measures 4 inches in height.
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Lovely and hard to find dark brown coloured grapes shaped flask. It has a short neck on under a wide flared rim and still has a stopped attached! This glass flask has a pontil base and can stand on its own. Nice surface and intact said for a small hole as seen in the picture. Measures 2 inches in height.
The technique of mold blowing enabled the ancient glassblower to create vessels that could begin to imitate a wi ...click for details
