Luminous Ancient Roman Pale Blue Glass Bottle (Unguentarium) folk art pencil drawing transforming as they cross borders

transforming as they cross borders of the rounded forms

They sit steady and relatively straight

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Watercolor measures 6 3/8" x 5 7/16" and is in excellent antique condition

Nicely executed in ink wash/watercolor and mounted to a backing sheet the perfect shade of blue

Luminous Ancient Roman Pale Blue Glass Bottle (Unguentarium) folk art pencil drawing transforming as they cross bordersSometimes 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,