Rome, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A beautiful translucent blue-green unguentarium (perfume jar) with a classic bell-shaped body, tall slender neck, and out-turned folded rim. After the invention of blown glass in the Roman provinces of the Eastern Mediterranean in the first century CE, glass objects became easier to produce, so glass items entered everyday Roman life in the majority of households. Small glass vessels like these would have been used for holding perfume or other unguents. Size: 4.75" H (12.1 cm)/

Most scholars agree, Roman glass was of the highest quality -both aesthetically and technically - among the ancients. While glass making had been practiced for centuries, the Romans invented glass blowing in the 1st century BCE which revolutionized the artform. We can appreciate such a wide variety of forms and shapes, because the medium of glass has unique physical properties that make for so many more possibilities than metal or clay. Roman glassmakers reached incredible artistic heights with both free-blown vessels and mould blown forms and decorations.<i?

Provenance: Ex-Gerhard Hirsch, Germany

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Intact with ancient patina. Dirt and what may be remains of original contents within.