Glass perfume bottle

Unknown

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

Large perfume bottle Colorless (?). Rim folded out, over, and in, with beveled upper surface; fairly broad mouth; cylindrical neck expanding slightly downward with tooling marks around base; piriform body; rounded bottom, slightly flattened at center. Intact, except for one crack in neck and another around body; deep pitting and brilliant iridescence; patches of creamy weathering. Soil encrusted on interior.

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