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Translucent bluish green.
Thick everted rim with rounded lip; very short concave neck; sloping, almost horizontal shoulder; tall cylindrical body with slightly concave side; pushed-in bottom with large irregular pontil scar.
Intact; many bubbles, some large and elongated, and one large glassy inclusion in outer edge of shoulder; some pitting, dulling, faint iridescence, and small patches of weathering.
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Title: Glass miniature cylindrical jar
Period: Imperial
Date: late 1st–3rd century CE
Culture: Roman
Medium: Glass; blown
Dimensions: H.: 2 3/8 in. (6 cm)
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Accession Number: 17.194.113
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