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Piriform Bottle with Double Convex Wall
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Piriform Bottle with Double Convex Wall

Place of OriginAncient Rome
Date1st-2nd century CE
DimensionsH: 3 1/4 in. (8.2 cm); Rim Diam: 13/16 in. (2.1 cm); Body Diam: 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm)
MediumGlass; free-blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1120
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DescriptionThis small glass bottle was made in the 1st to 2nd century CE. It is pale green with a folded rim, a narrow neck, and a cone-shaped body that narrows in the middle. The glass is weathered, and the base is flat with no trace of a pontil mark.

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