Glass perfume bottle

Unknown

1st century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Colorless with bluish tinge, with same color trail. Rim folded out, down, over, and in; flaring mouth; neck expanding downward, joining imperceptibly with globular body; rounded bottom. Fine, unmarvered spiral trail from base of neck to bottom in thirteen turns. Intact, except for parts of trail on upper part of body, and crack in neck; bubbles; thick enamel-like weathering, iridescence, and pitting.

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