A Roman aubergine glass unguentarium

1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.

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A Roman aubergine glass unguentarium
1st-2nd Century A.D.
With squat globular body, tall cylindrical neck and inward-folded rim, flaw in neck, traces of iridescence, 4½in. (11.5cm.) high; an aubergine glass flask, the spherical body with cylindrical neck and inward-folded rim, cracked, slight iridescence, 1st-3rd Century A.D., 2¼in. (5.6cm.) high; and another, with cylindrical body and everted rim, circa 4th Century A.D., 2 7/8in. (7.2cm.) high (3)

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