Glass double cosmetic flask (kohl tube)

Roman, Syrian

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Translucent blue green; handles in same color.
Everted rim, folded in and down sides of neck; body comprising two tubes, side by side, made from a single inflated gather by pinching sides vertically to make diaphragm; thick, flattened bottom with central pontil mark; two handles applied to sides of body as pads, drawn up vertically in four tooled, angular loops, ending on top of rim and pinched off above.
Intact; some pinprick bubbles, blowing striations, and glassy impurities in body; dulling, iridescence, and whitish weathering, with patches of soil encrustation.

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