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MS5517

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS5517
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Roman Period
Date Made 1-99 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Glass
Technique Blown
Description

Purple glass, iridescent with incrustation on base and inside. Flat base, tear-drop shaped bulbous body tapering to pinch where it meets the cylindrical neck. Neck flares slightly to rim. Rim folded inward to form a flat surface on top.

Height 6.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of Miss Lydia T. Morris, 1916
Other Number GL20 (Ancient Glass Project) - Other Number

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