Glass jar

Roman

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Translucent light blue green; trail in same color.
Uneven horizontal rim, partially tubular, folded up and in; broad, outsplayed mouth; short, concave neck; sloping shoulder; squat, bulbous body; deep kick in bottom with pontil scar at center.
Trail wound round from left to right in zigzag between outer edge of shoulder and rim, forming openwork collar, with one indent in shoulder where lower end of zigzag was applied too firmly.
Body complete, but cracked, and about half of trial missing; many pinprick bubbles; dulling, pitting, patches of limy soil encrustation, whitish weathering, and brilliant iridescence.

Glass jar, Glass, Roman

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