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Translucent pale purple; opaque white trails.
Slender neck, expanding downwards; squat, bulbous body; slightly concave bottom.
Marvered trail decoration applied to bottom, wound spirally up body, and dragged into a wavy pattern across body and neck.
Body complete, but missing rim and top of neck; pinprick bubbles; pitting, dulling, and patches of brilliant iridescent weathering.
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Title: Glass perfume bottle
Period: Early Imperial
Date: early–mid-1st century CE
Culture: Roman
Medium: Glass; blown and trailed
Dimensions: H.: 3 1/16 in. (7.8 cm)
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
Object Number: 91.1.1255
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