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Colorless with pale greenish tinge, and one purple streak on one side.
Rounded vertical rim; sides tapering downward, then curved in to flat bottom.
Two broad, horizontal wheel-cut grooves on interior below rim.
Intact; many pinprick bubbles and striations; dulling and pitting on exterior, patches of thick creamy brown weathering on interior.
Blue glass bowl with cut lines.
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Title: Glass bowl
Period: Early Imperial
Date: late 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE
Culture: Roman
Medium: Glass; cast and cut
Dimensions: Overall: 2 3/8 x 4 1/4in. (6 x 10.8cm)
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
Object Number: 74.51.257
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