Glass perfume bottle

Unknown

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

Candlestick unguentarium. Colorless with bluish tinge. Tubular rim folded out, over, and in; cylindrical neck flaring downward; convex body, curving out and sharply downward; pushed-in bottom with central kick. Broken and repaired on body with small hole in edge at base; many bubbles and blowing striations; pitting, iridescence, and patches of creamy brown weathering. Colorless blown glass "candle-stick" vase with very long neck and wide base.

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