Lot no. 170
Roman Green Glass Double Unguentarium. 3rd-4th century A.D. Pale green iridescent glass, two tapering tubes with rolled, everted rims, applied lateral triangular handles. Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.2, New York, 2001, items 742, 744. 78 grams, 11 cm (4 3/8 in.). (For this specific lot, 5% import VAT is applicable on the hammer price.) Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s.
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