Glass bottle

Roman

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

Translucent light green.
Slightly uneven rim, cracked off and ground; funnel-shaped neck; broad, globular body, tapering downwards; concave bottom.
Decorated with bands of faint wheel-abraded horizontal lines: one immediately below rim, four more bands on upper body.
Intact; many pinprick and a few large bubbles, and blowing striations, with some black inclusions in neck; faint dulling and iridescence on exterior, large patches of soil encrustation, weathering, and brilliant iridescence on interior.

Bottle with flaring mouth and long neck.

Glass bottle, Glass, Roman

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