Glass perfume bottle

Unknown

mid–1st century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Translucent pale blue green. Rim folded out, over, and in, extending into neck on one side of mouth; carinated body, with straight, conical upper side and lower side curving in sharply to raised base disk; flat bottom with central pushed-in knob. Horizontal lines in relief around upper body; upturned gadroons on lower body; two raised concentric circles on bottom. Broken around rim and neck, with large area of neck missing; deep pitting and iridescent weathering.

Artist

Unknown

Date

mid–1st century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76