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Translucent green.
Everted rim with rounded lip; wide mouth; sloping shoulder; squat, globular body with convex-curving side, tapering slightly downward; integral, solid base ring; pushed-in bottom with central pontil scar.
Intact; many pinprick bubbles; pitting, dulling, iridescence, and large areas covered with thick creamy weathering.
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Title: Glass jar
Period: Imperial
Date: 2nd–3rd century CE
Culture: Roman
Medium: Glass; blown
Dimensions:
H.: 2 3/8 in. (6 cm)
Diam.: 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm)
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of Robert H. Van Court, 1919
Accession Number: 19.85.1
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