Glass ribbed bottle

Roman

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 199

Translucent blue.

Everted rim, folded over and in; cylindrical neck, expanding downwards; pushed-in shoulder; squat, globular body; thick, slightly concave bottom.

Twelve, regularly-spaced vertical ribs extending from rim down neck and body, ending above bottom, and forming projecting solid fins on side of body.

Intact; pinprick bubbles; pitting, dulling, iridescence, and patches of limy encrustation and brownish weathering.

Glass ribbed bottle, Glass, Roman

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