Glass mosaic perfume bottle

Roman

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

Translucent amber yellow, with opaque white trails.
Rounded rim; flaring mouth; cylindrical neck, expanding downwards; sloping shoulder; globular body; slightly concave bottom.
Trails applied from rim to bottom, marvered into an irregular pattern of fine and thick lines.
Intact; pinprick and larger round bubbles; pitting of surface bubbles and faint iridescence on exterior, dulling and soil encrustation on interior.

Glass mosaic perfume bottle, Glass, Roman

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