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MS5857

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS5857
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Roman Period
Section Mediterranean
Materials Glass
Technique Faceted
Description

Original color hard to distinguish under heavy encrustation, decomposition, and iridescence; may be pale blue or clear. Concave base with pontil mark. Bulbous body decorated with small impressed dots in net-like pattern. Shoulder turns inward at right angle to short cylindrical neck. Neck flares out at top with rounded rim, edge folded inward.

Height 7.4 cm
Outside Diameter 8 cm
Other Number GL24 (ancient glass project) - Other Number

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