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Translucent blue green.
Deep, outsplayed rim, with rounded lip; at bottom of rim, hanging, folded tubular flange; side flares out at top, making ledge on interior, then curves in to applied, disk-shaped base; flat bottom, with central pontil scar.
Intact; some bubbles and blowing striations; dulling, slight pitting, faint iridescence, and patches of creamy brown and white weathering.
With marked brim and short foot.
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Title: Glass bowl
Period: Early Imperial
Date: 1st century CE
Culture: Roman
Medium: Glass; blown
Dimensions:
H.: 2 3/8 in. (6 cm)
Diam.: 4 5/16 in. (10.9 cm)
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881
Object Number: 81.10.139
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