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Translucent cobalt blue.
Solid pendant, flat on top and bottom, with projecting U-shaped nozzle and upturned handle as suspension loop.
Two small holes in top to indicate holes in discus and nozzle.
Intact; pitting of surface bubbles, dulling, and small patches of whitish weathering.
Blue lamp, hole through neck.
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Title: Glass pendant in the form of a lamp
Period: Late Imperial
Date: 4th century CE
Culture: Roman
Medium: Glass; tooled
Dimensions: Overall: 5/16 x 5/8 in. (0.8 x 1.6 cm)
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Object Number: 17.194.449
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