Glass perfume bottle

Roman

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Small candlestick unguentarium.
Translucent pale blue green.
Rim folded out, over and in; flaring mouth; slender, and slightly concave cylindrical neck, with irregular bulges from tooling around top and horizontal indents around base; conical body; pushed-in bottom, with traces of circular pontil mark.
Intact; many pinprick bubbles and blowing striations; deep pitting, dulling, and brilliant iridescence with small patches of thick creamy brown, enamel-like weathering.

Glass perfume bottle, Glass, Roman

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