Lot 65
GROUP OF THREE ROMAN BASKET-HANDLED DOUBLE UNGUENTARIA
4TH CENTURY A.D.
Antiquities and African & Oceanic Art
Auction: Antiquities - 31 July 2024 at 2pm
Estimate: £300 - £500
Description
each with twin tubular bodies, two with high basket handles attached to either side of the rims (3)
Dimensions
the largest 17.5cm long (incl. handle), 10.5cm long (body)
Provenance
Provenance: The two handled unguentaria with pink auction labels dates 18 MAY 1970, lot 4; the third with an undated label 691
Footnote
Note: The double unguentarium occurs almost exclusively in Syria and Palestine in the 4th and 5th centuries C.E. A 4th century C.E. example of this type of handle comes from a tomb at Beit Fajjar in Palestine (Husseini 1935, pl. 85, no. 3)