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Translucent blue, with opaque white trails.
Plain, rounded rim; very narrow flaring mouth; cylindrical neck; piriform body; small, pushed-in bottom.
Marvered white trails applied to surface, forming three eye-like swirls around body.
Complete, except for chip in rim and mouth; one large weathered bubble in body; pitting and weathering.
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Title: Glass mosaic perfume bottle
Period: Early Imperial
Date: early 1st century CE
Culture: Roman
Medium: Glass; blown
Dimensions: H.: 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm)
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Accession Number: 17.194.256
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