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Translucent pale blue green
Uneven, flaring rim with thickened, rounded lip; sides tapering downward, turned out at bottom to form low tubular base ring; pushed-in bottom with uneven tooled surface and traces of pontil mark.
Four large vertical indents in body.
Intact; pinprick bubbles; dulling, pitting, and iridescence, with patches of creamy brown weathering, some soil encrustation on interior.
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Title: Glass beaker with indented sides
Period: Late Imperial
Date: 3rd–4th century CE
Culture: Roman
Medium: Glass; blown and tooled
Dimensions:
H.: 5 in. (12.7 cm)
Diam.: 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm)
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Object Number: 17.194.209
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