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Uncertain color (colorless?).
Flaring tubular rim, folded in and flattened on top; slender cylindrical neck, with tooling indent around base; elongated, slender, piriform body; small, flat bottom.
Intact; some pinprick bubbles and many blowing striations; deep pitting, weathering, brilliant iridescence, and patches of dulling on exterior, creamy weathering on interior.
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Title: Glass perfume bottle
Period: Imperial
Date: mid-1st to 3rd century CE
Culture: Roman
Medium: Glass; blown
Dimensions: H.: 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm)
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915
Accession Number: 30.115.60
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