Circa 300-400 AD A gorgeous example of a double unguentarium meant for holding 2 different types of scented oils or kohl makeup, free-blown from translucent glass of a vibrant blue-green hue. The slender vessel bears a pinched base, a pair of cylindrical containers surrounded by trails of applied glass and capped with rolled rims, all flanked by twin reagree handles. For similar see: Roman Glass in the Corning Museum Volume 1-3. Ancient and Islamic Glass in the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, p. 115. Brill, R.H., 1967: "A Great Glass Slab from Ancient Galilee," Archaeology. Charleston, R.J., 1978: "Glass Furnaces through the Ages," Journal of Glass Studies 20. Fleming, S.J., 1999: Roman Glass: Reflections on Cultural Change, Appendix A (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Museum). Grose, D.F., 1989: Early Ancient Glass, various sections (New York: Hudson Hills). Mazor, G., and Bar-Nathan, R., 1998: "The Bet She'an Excavation Project 1992-1994," Excavations and Surveys in Israel 17, 5-38. Stern, E.M. and Schlick-Nolte, B., 1994: Early Glass of the Ancient World, 72-79 (Ostfildern: Verlag Gerd Hatje). Weinberg, G.D., 1988: Excavations at Jalome, 38-102 (Columbia: University of Missouri Press). Size: Set of 2: L:103 - 106mm / W:4 - 33mm; 39.5g Provenance: Private London collection; acquired in the 1990s on the UK art market.