Glass perfume bottle

Unknown

1st–2nd century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Small perfume bottle Colorless with pale blue green tinge. Thickened, rounded, uneven rim; flaring mouth; cylindrical neck, tooled in around base; squat bulbous body; small, flattened bottom. Intact, but with crack in body and across bottom; dulling, pitting, and weathering covering most of surfaces, with patches of brilliant iridescence.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1st–2nd century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76