Glass mosaic bottle

Roman

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

Colorless, translucent cobalt blue, translucent honey brown, opaque light blue, opaque white, and opaque yellow.

Outsplayed rim with a closed, cut-out tubular ledge below an uneven, vertical lip; tall cylindrical neck, with slight indent around base; conical body with slightly concave sides; uneven, slightly pushed-in bottom.

Striped mosaic pattern formed from a single pre-formed cane comprising lengths arranged in repeated groups of different colors.

Intact, except for minor, weathering chips to rim; deep pitting, iridescence, and patches of creamy white weathering.

Globular "color-band" perfume bottle.

Glass mosaic bottle, Glass, Roman

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