Glass perfume bottle

Unknown

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

Small perfume bottle Translucent blue green. Thick rim folded out, over, and in; funnel-shaped neck, with slight tooling marks around base; horizontal shoulder with sloping edges; roughly squared body with slightly indented sides; pushed-in bottom with pontil scar. Intact; many bubbles and surface glassy inclusions on one side; dulling, faint iridescence, and patches of creamy weathering.

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