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Rare Roman Marbled Blue & White Glass Unguentarium 1st Century CE (1 of 10)
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Rare Roman Marbled Blue & White Glass Unguentarium 1st Century CE

REF: 2023000000 / LA479004
£1,150
€1,343
$1,447
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Description
Ancient Roman glass unguentarium (perfume bottle), produced sometime between the years 1-100 Ad. Known as marbled mosaic glass, mosaic is the technique while marbled refers to the pattern. Made from cobalt blue and opaque white glass canes that have been arranged vertically and free-blown, the overlapping of these canes has created a third colour which is of a more transparent cobalt-blue tone. There is also one final differing cane colour of translucent teal blue/green throughout. Marvered and tooled into a piriform-shaped body with a flattened base. Cylindrical neck leading to an everted rim that has been folded inwards in the typical 1st-century Italian style. Cobalt-blue Roman glass is relatively rare, as are colour-band vessels, this is a lovely eye-catching example. Date & Origin Roman, Early Imperial Period, 1st century Ce. Italian Region. Historical Context:- David Grose stated in Early Ancient Glass, Toledo Museum, 1989. “This class of bottle is important because it combines free-blowing with pre-formed cast mosaic elements. It also documents the crucial transition from an industry predicated on monochrome and mosaic casting to one based almost exclusively on free and mold-blowing, it marks the beginning of a new Roman industry”.
measurements
Height:
8.5 cm
Diameter:
3 cm
declaration
Exhibit Antiques & Collectibles has clarified that the Rare Roman Marbled Blue & White Glass Unguentarium 1st Century CE (LA479004) is genuinely of the period declared with the date/period of manufacture being 1st Century CE
condition
Natural pitting, weathering, and small patches of iridescence to the surface. A professional fragmentary restoration has been carried out.
additional info
Material:
Date of Manufacture:
1st Century CE
location
This Rare Roman Marbled Blue & White Glass Unguentarium 1st Century CE is located in West Lothian (Linlithgowshire), United Kingdom
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