Ca. 100-200 AD A beautiful unguentarium with a piriform body, a long cylindrical neck, and an annular rim. Excellent condition. Unguentaria, like alabastra in ancient Greece, were small jars used to store perfume or toilet oil in the Roman period. To find out more about glass objects in the Roman world, see Bayley, J., Freestone, I., & Jackson, C. (2015). Glass of the Roman World. Oxford And Philadelphia: Oxbow Books.Size: L:73mm / W:20mm ; 15g Provenance: Private UK collection; from an old London collection formed in the 1980s.