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Translucent greenish yellow; trail in same color.
Outsplayed, rounded rim; straight side to body tapering downwards to small thick and round bottom with large pontil scar.
Around top of body, horizontal trail wound round five times; close-set ribs on side, slanting down from right to left and becoming fainter towards bottom.
Intact; many pinprick and a few larger bubbles; iridescent weathering and patches of limy encrustation.
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Title: Glass cone beaker
Period: Late Imperial
Date: 4th–5th century CE
Culture: Roman
Medium: Glass; blown in a dip mold and trailed
Dimensions:
H.: 5 in. (12.7 cm)
Diam.: 2 13/16 in. (7.1 cm)
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Object Number: 17.194.182
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