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Plain, fire-rounded rim; flaring mouth; tall, cylindrical neck, with tooling indents around base; conical body with slightly concave-curving side; shallow concave bottom.
Complete but one large crack around body, and two vertical cracks in neck; pinprick bubbles and blowing striations; pitting and iridescent weathering on exterior, some brown weathering and soil encrustation on interior.
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Title: Glass perfume bottle
Period: Mid Imperial
Date: 2nd–3rd century CE
Culture: Roman
Medium: Glass; blown
Dimensions: H.: 3 15/16 in. (10 cm)
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915
Accession Number: 30.115.63
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