Roman Double Balsamarium

Culture: Roman

Period: 3rd-4th century A.D.

Material: Glass

Dimensions: 9.3 cm high

Price: 600 Euro

Ref: 3668

Provenance: Private collection Dr. Peter Rudeck, Vienna, Austria. Acquired on 16 September 1991 from Gerhard Herinek in Vienna. With the original certificate.

Condition: Broken in the middle and very beautifully reassembled.

Description: Roman double balsamarium with wonderful iridescence. The flask consists of two cylindrical tubes of greenish-blue shimmering glass, which are connected through the thickened base and in the middle. On the outside of the tubes separately worked out, wavy decoration handles, reaching from the rim to the middle. The tubes are each wrapped with a thin glass thread. In this form with wavy band handles on the sides very rare. Mounted.