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Translucent blue green.
Tubular rim folded out, round and in; cylindrical neck, with tooled indent around base; conical upper body, then squat bulbous shape, curving in sharply to solid, integral pad base; slightly concave bottom, with circular pontil scar at center.
Intact; pinprick bubbles and blowing striations; some dulling, heavy pitting and weathering, with brilliant iridescence. Soil encrustation around interior of neck.
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Title: Glass perfume bottle
Period: Mid to Late Imperial
Date: ca. 2nd–3rd century CE
Culture: Roman
Medium: Glass; blown
Dimensions: H.: 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm)
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915
Object Number: 30.115.48
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