Glass one-handled bottle

Roman

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

Translucent very pale green; handle in same color.
Collared rim, folded out, down, round up, and out, forming horizontal lip; cylindrical neck with horizontal tooling indent around base; broad, slightly sloping shoulder; cylindrical body with slightly convex side; concave bottom; broad, reeded strap handle, applied to edge of shoulder, drawn up vertically, turned in and down, and trailed onto neck below fold in rim.
Faint wheel-abraded horizontal bands on body.
Intact; few bubbles, but many bubbles and black impurities in handle; dulling, brown limy encrustation, and faint iridescence on exterior, patches of iridescent weathering on interior.

Greenish cylindrical jug with one handle; wheel-cut decoration on body.

Glass one-handled bottle, Glass, Roman

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