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Translucent light blue green.
Tubular rim folded out, round, and in, with irregular beveled inner lip; broad, slightly flaring mouth; tall, slender cylindrical neck, deeply tooled in around base; small bell-shaped body with concave side; deep pushed-in bottom.
Intact; pinprick and elongated bubbles; severe weathering and pitting, brilliant iridescence, and patches of creamy brown weathering.
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Title: Glass perfume bottle
Period: Mid Imperial
Date: 2nd–3rd century CE
Culture: Roman
Medium: Glass; blown
Dimensions: H.: 6 7/16 in. (16.4 cm)
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Bequest of Mary Anna Palmer Draper, 1915
Object Number: 15.43.206
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