A ROMAN TRANSLUCENT GLASS BALSAMARIUM, the cylindrical body with spreading pad base and thick inward-folded rim, the body decorated with spiralling thin trails and four thick applied vertical trails at each corner with multiple folds, continuing into a three-tier thick applied handle composed of arches, repaired, 4th-5th Century A.D.

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A ROMAN TRANSLUCENT GLASS BALSAMARIUM, the cylindrical body with spreading pad base and thick inward-folded rim, the body decorated with spiralling thin trails and four thick applied vertical trails at each corner with multiple folds, continuing into a three-tier thick applied handle composed of arches, repaired, 4th-5th Century A.D.
9½in. (24.2cm.) high

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