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Small perfume bottle
Translucent cobalt blue.
Lopsided, splayed rim with rounded lower edge and beveled top; cylindrical neck, with some tooling ridges; squat, piriform body; small, slightly flattened bottom.
Intact, except for minor chip in rim; pinprick bubbles and blowing striations; dulling, heavy pitting and weathering with patches of brilliant iridescence.
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Title: Glass perfume bottle
Period: Early imperial
Date: 1st century CE
Culture: Roman
Medium: Glass; blown
Dimensions:
2 1/16 x 1 1/2in. (5.2 x 3.8cm)
Diam. of rim: 11/16 in. (1.8 cm)
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
Object Number: 74.51.180
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