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Glass bottle
Colorless with light green tinge.
Rounded rim, folded out, up, and in; tall conical mouth; cylindrical neck, expanding downwards and joining imperceptibly with slender ovoid body; thick, rounded bottom with small central kick and pontil scar.
Intact; some large and elongated bubbles; faint iridescent weathering on exterior, patches of limy encrustation, creamy brown weathering, and brilliant iridescence on interior.
Rounded rim, folded out, up, and in; tall conical mouth; cylindrical neck, expanding downwards and joining imperceptibly with slender ovoid body; thick, rounded bottom with small central kick and pontil scar.
Intact; some large and elongated bubbles; faint iridescent weathering on exterior, patches of limy encrustation, creamy brown weathering, and brilliant iridescence on interior.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass bottle
- Period: Mid Imperial
- Date: ca. 2nd–3rd century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown
- Dimensions: H. 5 11/16 in. (14.4 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881
- Object Number: 81.10.56
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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