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Translucent blue green.
Thick rim, folded over and in; funnel-shaped mouth; cylindrical neck expanding slightly downward; squat, globular body; pushed-in bottom with traces of pontil mark.
Seven vertical ribs, extending from mouth, down neck, and across body.
Intact, except for small chip on interior lip of rim; pinprick bubbles and a few black impurities; some dulling and weathering (with root marks), and iridescence on exterior.
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Title: Glass globular bottle
Period: Late Roman
Date: 4th century CE
Culture: Roman
Medium: Glass; blown and tooled
Dimensions: H.: 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm)
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Accession Number: 17.194.187
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