Glass perfume bottle

Roman

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 199

Translucent purple.
Thin, everted rim; slender cylindrical neck, with slightly bulging profile and tooled indent around base; horizontal shoulder, with rounded edge; carinated body, with side to long, upper body tapering downward and lower side curving in sharply; concave bottom.
Body intact, but half of rim missing, with weathered edges; some bubbles; severe pitting and brilliant iridescence.

Glass perfume bottle, Glass, Roman

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Glass perfume bottle, Glass, Roman
Glass perfume bottle, Glass, Roman

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