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Translucent green with yellow tinge.
Rounded rim; funnel-shaped mouth; cylindrical neck, expanding downward; globular body; central kick in bottom with circular pontil scar.
Complete, but broken and repaired around neck; many pinprick bubbles and blowing striations; slight dulling on exterior, and iridescent weathering covering much of the interior.
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Title: Glass flask
Period: Mid to Late Imperial
Date: 3rd–4th century CE
Culture: Roman
Medium: Glass; blown
Dimensions:
Height: 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm)
Diameter: 4 5/8 × 2 1/4 in. (11.8 × 5.6 cm)
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Accession Number: 17.194.892
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