Glass bottle

Roman

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

Translucent light green.
Thick, uneven rim, cracked off and ground; funnel-shaped neck; slightly pushed-in shoulder, with outer horizontal ridge; broad, globular body; concave bottom.
Body decorated with numerous ribs, extending in a regular spiral pattern from left to right from below ridge on shoulder, becoming fainter, and disappearing on lower part of side.
Intact; many pinprick and a few large bubbles, and blowing striations, with one black inclusion in neck; faint iridescence on exterior, large patches of blackish weathering and brilliant iridescence on interior.

Round vase with diagonal ribs and long, funnel-shaped neck.

Glass bottle, Glass, Roman

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