Description:

Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A fine group of ancient glass vessels with an additional fragment reimagined as wearable jewelry. The largest is a tall, slender unguentarium with a flared rim, its surface shimmering with stunning pearlescent iridescence across pale aqua glass, once used to store perfumes, oils, or cosmetics. Alongside it is a petite globular bottle with a short neck and wide rim, its surface enriched by white mineral deposits from centuries of burial. Completing the group is the circular base fragment of a Roman glass vessel, preserving its raised pontil scar, mounted within a modern sterling silver frame with twisted wire details and a granulated edge, suspended from a bail loop for use as a pendant. Size of pendant: 2.5" L x 1.8" Diameter (6.4 cm x 4.6 cm); unguentarium: 4.8" L x 1" W (12.2 cm x 2.5 cm)

Provenance: Collection of Y. Kayvan, Los Angeles, California, USA, acquired from a Los Angeles, California, USA gallery acquisition dates range from the late 1990s to 2005

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#197218

  • Condition: Iridescence flakes when handled. Both vessels are intact, the smaller jar is encrusted with a white opaque mineral encrustation. Unguentarium has gorgeous iridescence. Pendant has dark patina on the silver, but otherwise intact and wearable.

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