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Glass perfume bottle

Colorless with pale blue tinge.

Rim folded out, over, and in, flattened on top with irregular opening to mouth; cylindrical neck, with tooling marks around base; tall conical body with rounded curve to slightly concave bottom.

Intact; some pinprick bubbles, blowing striations, and a few glassy inclusions; deep pitting and iridescent weathering.

Credit: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76

1st century A.D.
Glass; blown
12.5 x 4.9cm
74.51.5765
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019

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