A Roman green glass double balsamarium, with high arched handle -- 6¾in. (17.2cm.) high, 4th Century A.D.; an Islamic pale thick glass flask, the rounded body with ten vertical ribs extending onto the foot, the base with ring of fifteen dots around central pontil mark, cylindrical neck -- 4¼in. (10.8cm.) high, circa 9th-10th Century A.D.; an Islamic glass jar, the body with applied circular boss decoration and trail around the shoulder, repaired -- 3 1/8in. (8cm.) high, 7th-9th Century A.D.; a glass dish, on ring foot -- 5¾in. (14.6cm.) diam.; a turquoise glass weight, of disc form -- 77.3 grams weight, 2 3/8in. (6cm.) diam., Eastern Mediterranean, Roman/Byzantine period; a tall blue glass unguentarium, with slender tapering body and neck, with everted rim -- 5 5/8in. (14.2cm.) high; another, pale green glass -- 6½in. (16.5cm.) high; a squat jar, with flaring neck -- 2¾in. (7cm.) high; and two unguentaria with conical bodies, cylindrical necks and everted rims -- 4½in. (11.5cm.) high max., all 2nd-4th Century A.D.
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A Roman green glass double balsamarium, with high arched handle -- 6¾in. (17.2cm.) high, 4th Century A.D.; an Islamic pale thick glass flask, the rounded body with ten vertical ribs extending onto the foot, the base with ring of fifteen dots around central pontil mark, cylindrical neck -- 4¼in. (10.8cm.) high, circa 9th-10th Century A.D.; an Islamic glass jar, the body with applied circular boss decoration and trail around the shoulder, repaired -- 3 1/8in. (8cm.) high, 7th-9th Century A.D.; a glass dish, on ring foot -- 5¾in. (14.6cm.) diam.; a turquoise glass weight, of disc form -- 77.3 grams weight, 2 3/8in. (6cm.) diam., Eastern Mediterranean, Roman/Byzantine period; a tall blue glass unguentarium, with slender tapering body and neck, with everted rim -- 5 5/8in. (14.2cm.) high; another, pale green glass -- 6½in. (16.5cm.) high; a squat jar, with flaring neck -- 2¾in. (7cm.) high; and two unguentaria with conical bodies, cylindrical necks and everted rims -- 4½in. (11.5cm.) high max., all 2nd-4th Century A.D. See Colour Plate 1 for items one and two (10)
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Item five: see lot 52 for a similar glass weight, larger in size.
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