Glass perfume bottle

Roman

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

Colorless but with prominent purple streaks.
Rim folded out, over, and in, and pressed flat around mouth but aslant to neck; tall, slender, cylindrical neck, with tooled indent around base; conical sides to body, curving in to flat but uneven bottom.
Two faint horizontal lines around upper part of body.
Intact; a few bubbles, glassy inclusions, and blowing striations; dulling and faint iridescent weathering on exterior, some thicker, enamel-like weathering on interior.

Conical lavender blown glass vase with long slender neck.

Glass perfume bottle, Glass, Roman

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