Glass globular bottle

Roman

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

Translucent light purple.
Collared rim, folded out, down, round, and up, forming a thick flange around top of neck, then everted horizontally, with rounded lip and flat top surface; cylindrical neck, expanding slightly downwards, with horizontal tooled indent around base; concave shoulder; globular body; concave bottom.
Intact; pinprick and some larger bubbles, blowing striations, and a few black impurities; dulling and faint iridescent weathering.

Large, violet bottle with round body, slender neck, and heavy rim.

Glass globular bottle, Glass, Roman

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