Ca. 3rd-2nd Century BC A tall, spindle-shaped unguentarium with a slightly swelling body, piriform in shape, a long cylindrical neck and a shorter cylindrical stem at the bottom that flares towards the base, ending in a small foot with a convex edge. The neck also flares at the top, finishing in a small lip with an oblique, outward-sloping profile.For a similar fusiform terracotta unguentarium, see:https://artmuseum.princeton.edu/collections/objects/28949; also, https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/239948.To read further about ceramic unguentaria, see:Anderson-Stojanovi?, V. (1987). The Chronology and Function of Ceramic Unguentaria. American Journal of Archaeology, 91(1), 105-122. doi:10.2307/505460. Size: L:235mm, /W: 64mm; 0.144g Provenance: Private UK collection; From an old London collection formed in the 1990s.