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Glass unguentarium

Intact vessel of transparent glass. Flat, unformed base and strongly conical well. The body is piriform and the cylindrical neck ends in a plain fire-polished rim. These vessels are known in Venetian glasswork as “angastaria”. The name is greek and comes from the word “aggos” (άγγος) and “gastir” (γαστήρ).