Glass bottle

Roman

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

Colorless; trail in translucent cobalt blue.
Irregular oval everted rim with thick, rounded lip; cylindrical neck, expanding downwards; almost horizontal shoulder; elongated body, convex at top, then concave down side, and bulging at base; deeply pushed-in bottom with pontil scar.
Trail applied on outer shoulder and wound round six times in a spiral, extending on to upper body, then drawn down and up in long strokes, creating a pattern of six finger-like shapes, some of which extend onto bottom.
Intact; many pinprick bubbles; dulling, some pitting, and brilliant iridescent weathering.

Vase with blue applied threads.

Glass bottle, Glass, Roman

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