Glass perfume bottle

Unknown

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

Candlestick unguentarium. Colorless with greenish tinge. Uneven rim folded out and over, forming outer lip; cylindrical neck expanding downward; convex sides expanding sharply out and downward; pushed-in bottom with small central kick surrounded by traces of pontil mark. Intact; black impurity in rim; brilliant iridescent weathering covering most of surfaces.

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