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Translucent blue-green.
Thick, rounded rim and broad, outsplayed mouth, both aslant to body; body expanding downward with concave side; thick, flat bottom.
Intact; many pinprick bubbles; pitting, dulling, thick creamy weathering, and iridescence.
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Title: Glass miniature jar
Period: Imperial
Date: 1st–3rd century CE
Culture: Roman
Medium: Glass; blown
Dimensions:
H.: 1 in. (2.5 cm)
Diam.: 1 1/16 in. (2.7 cm)
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of The New York Society Library by Miss Edith H. Crowell, 1954
Object Number: 54.89
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