Glass perfume bottle

Unknown

2nd–3rd century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Candlestick unguentarium. Colorless with greenish tinge. Uneven rim folded out, over, and in, with lopsided mouth; slender, concave neck; sides of wide body expanding sharply outward; pushed-in bottom with central kick surrounded by traces of pontil scar. Broken on neck and repaired; hole around lower part of neck; bubbles; deep pitting and iridescent weathering.

Artist

Unknown

Date

2nd–3rd century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76