Glass perfume bottle

Unknown

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

Small perfume bottle Colorless with pale greenish tinge. Rim folded out, over, and in; flaring mouth; cylindrical neck; horizontal shoulder with sloping edges and corners; roughly squared body with deeply indented sides; pushed-in bottom, with slight traces of pontil mark. Intact; pinprick bubbles; some dulling, creamy weathering covering most surfaces, with some patches of iridescence.

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