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Translucent light blue green.
Slightly inverted, uneven, and thickened rim, rounded in the flame; funnel-shaped body turned to one side and continuing as a long, slender tube; hollow spout with funnel-shaped mouth and rounded, thickened rim at end.
Intact; a few pinprick bubbles; dulling and iridescent weathering on exterior, encrustation and thick soil deposits blocking tube on interior.
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Title: Glass horn-shaped vessel
Period: Late Imperial or Early Byzantine
Date: 4th–early 5th century CE
Culture: Roman
Medium: Glass; blown
Dimensions: Other: 11 7/16 in. (29.1 cm)
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Bequest of Mary Anna Palmer Draper, 1915
Object Number: 15.43.198
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