Luminous Ancient Roman Pale Blue Glass Bottle (Unguentarium) made in Mexico 10 3/4" with handle

10 3/4" with handle

The portraits themselves are pretty terrific

and gorgeous on the table

but also makes it much more manageable (it's over 2 feet long as is) and of course I love the resulting concision of "NOT

Most are either from Chapman-Bailey

Luminous Ancient Roman Pale Blue Glass Bottle (Unguentarium) made in Mexico 10 3/4" with handleSometimes one find opens a gateway to a whole new obsession; I'm now wondering what could be more beautiful than ancient Roman glass? It delivers the feeling of the miraculous, too, both formally and in that it managed to endure two thousand years or so to arrive in the present all this to say, I hope this will not be the last piece of ancient Roman glass I find! From what I've learned, small bottles like this unguentarium were used for oils,