Glass bottle shaped like a date

Roman

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 162

Translucent yellowish brown.
Uneven rim folded out, round, and in, flattened on top; cylindrical neck but with projecting verical ridges from mold seam at sides; lentoid body; round bottom. One continuous mold seam around body.
Body molded into the shape of a wrinckled date, with pattern of wavy ridges and hollows.
Intact, but internal cracks in lower part of body; pinprick bubbles; dulling and faint iridescent weathering on exterior, encrustation and weathering on interior.

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