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Roman Glass


RG116
Early Roman cobalt blue glass unguentarium (cosmetic flask).
1st century AD.
H. 8.7 cm. (3 ?½ in.)
Intact.

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The flask with slim piriform body, cylindrical neck slightly constricted at junction with the body, folded rim and flat base.

 
Cf. (similar shape) Whitehouse, D., Corning Museum of Glass, vol. 1, 1997, p. 132, fig. 213


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