A Roman glass unguentarium with an out-turned rim, short neck and a tubular body decorated with fluted columnar indentations. The bottle has a flattened base.
 
Roman eastern empire: Circa 1st-3rd Century AD.
 
Condition: Complete and intact, with much of the surface covered with an attractive, silvery iridescence; a few light accretions.
Height 7.25 cms (2.85 ins).
 
Provenance: Purchased from UK collection of P.C. 1990-2010
 
Literature: For similar use of indents, see item 238; Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass; Volume 1
 
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