Glass perfume bottle

Unknown

1st century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Translucent greenish yellow. Rim folded over and in to horizontal mouth; short, cylindrical neck, tapering downward; piriform body; small, slightly concave bottom. Thick, heavy glass. Intact; many bubbles and striations; pitting and weathering, with dulling and faint iridescence.

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