Glass perfume bottle

Unknown

1st century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Colorless with greenish tinge. Flaring rim with slight fold to outer edge; tall, cylindrical neck, tooled in at base; sloping, convex sides to body expanding downward and then curving in to small, slightly concave bottom. Broken around mouth, with two-thirds of rim missing; pinprick bubbles; iridescent weathering.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1st century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76