Glass bottle

Roman

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

Translucent blue green.
Thick everted rim, folded in and pressed flat on top, forming inner lip to mouth; cylindrical neck, expanding downwards; slightly concave shoulder; large globular body; pushed-in bottom.
Wheel-abraded decoration in parallel horizontal bands around body, comprising two broad bands around upper body, six narrower lines aroudn center, and a single broad band around lower body.
Intact; some pinprick and elongated bubbles; dulling and faint limy weathering on exterior, iridescent weathering on interior.

Greenish blown glass vase with slender neck.

Glass bottle, Glass, Roman

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