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Translucent pale blue green.
Everted rim, folded over and in, and pressed flat around mouth; cylindrical neck, with deep horizontal tooled indent around base; bulbous body; almost flat bottom.
Intact; some bubbles; slight pitting and faint iridescence on exterior, soil encrustation, weathering, and brilliant iridescence on interior.
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Title: Glass perfume bottle
Period: Imperial
Date: late 1st–3rd century CE
Culture: Roman
Medium: Glass; blown
Dimensions:
Height: 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm)
Diameter: 2 5/8 × 1 3/16 in. (6.7 × 3 cm)
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881
Accession Number: 81.10.286
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