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Translucent pale yellow.
Rim folded out, round, and in, and slightly aslant; cylindrical neck, tooled in horizontally around base; convex, sloping shoulder, with horizontal tooling marks below; squat, bulbous body, curving in to small, slightly concave bottom.
Intact; some pinprick bubbles, blowing striations; dulling and faint weathering on exterior, some soil encrustation, weathering, and iridescence on interior.
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Title: Glass perfume bottle
Period: Early Imperial
Date: 1st century CE
Culture: Roman
Medium: Glass; blown
Dimensions: H.: 2 in. (5.1 cm)
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Accession Number: 17.194.106
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