Glass bottle in the shape of a fish, Late Imperial, 4th century A.D., Roman, Glass; blown and tooled, length 4 5/8in. (11.7cm), Glass, Translucent pale blue green; applied trails and blobs in same color., Tubular body, tooled at front to form open mouth, and drawn up and pressed flat at back to form solid tail., Tail tooled into three vertical fins; a long trail applied along top to form a dorsal fin; two blobs applied to sides of head as eyes; two tooled blobs applied at sides of body as small fins; two smaller blobs applied at back below tail as other fins, and a small blob applied to front of base of tail
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Glass bottle, shape, fish, Late Imperial, 4th century .D, Roman, Glass, blown, tooled, length 4 5/8in, 11.7cm, Translucent pale, blue, green, applied trails, blobs, color, Tubular body, front, form open, mouth, drawn up, pressed flat, back, solid, tail, Tail tooled, three vertical, fins, long trail, applied, top, form, dorsal fin, two blobs, sides, head, eyes, body, small fins, smaller, blob, base
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