roman greenish blue sidonian unguentarium

roman greenish blue sidonian unguentarium

Mould-blown ovoid body with relief decoration of various vessels between columns, archers over bosses on shoulder, base with concentric circles; tubular neck with everted rim, folded inward

Ex priv. coll. Klöti, Zürich, 19960-1982; priv. coll.J.O.R., Netherlands, acq from Cahn Int. AG 2019
H 7,9 cm. Intact, blue silvery iridescence.

1st cent. AD

Cf. E.M. Stern, Roman mold Glass, The Toledo Museum of Art, Rome 1995 113-127, cat. nos 15-33; Y. Israeli, Ancient Glass in the Israel Museum, The E. Dobkin Collection, Jerusalem 2003, nos.135-6