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Translucent pale blue-green (?).
Rounded rim, partially folded over and in; broad, flaring mouth; cylindrical neck; conical body with convex-curving side; slightly concave bottom with traces of pontil scar.
Intact; many pinprick and a few larger bubbles and blowing striations; pitting, brilliant iridescence, and patches of thick creamy weathering.
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Title: Glass flask
Period: Late Imperial
Date: 3rd–4th century CE
Culture: Roman
Medium: Glass; blown
Dimensions: H.: 3 7/16 in. (8.7 cm)
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Elias Kempner, 1934
Object Number: 34.132.8
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