Glass jar

Roman

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Translucent manganese purple.
Rim slightly outsplayed, with rounded vertical lip; below hollow folded flange; funnel-shaped neck; pushed-in shoulder; body with convex side, tapering downwards to small, pushed-in bottom with jagged pontil scar.
Cracked around neck with three small holes, but body complete; some bubbles and blowing striations, with inclusions in body; dulling, pitting, small patches of weathering, and iridescence on exterior, thick black weathering covering much of interior.

Glass jar, Glass, Roman

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