Glass perfume bottle

Unknown

1st century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Small perfume bottle Translucent pale blue green. Rim folded out, over, and in, with beveled upper surface; tall cylindrical neck, with tooling marks around base; convex sloping shoulder with prominent tooling marks below; squat bulbous body; slightly flattened bottom. Intact; pinprick bubbles; dulling and pitting; patches of enamel-like weathering and brilliant 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