Bidspirit auction | HELLENISTIC COLOURED GLASS UNGUENTARIUM

HELLENISTIC COLOURED GLASS UNGUENTARIUM - Ca. 400 - 100 BC. A superb example of a core-formed glass unguentarium once used to hold perfumed oil. This unguentarium has an exceptionally elegant form with a pyriform body. The cylindrical neck gradually flares to the rim, and the whole object is based on a circular trailed and flared foot. The cobalt blue body is wound with opaque white and tangerine yellow thread-like trails applied in a close-knit zigzag or feathered pattern. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number: 17.194.773 (decoration). Size: 90mm x 20mm; Weight: 30g Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Private collection 1970s-1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.