Glass perfume bottle

Unknown

1st century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Small perfume bottle Translucent cobalt blue. Plain, rounded rim; flaring mouth; funnel-shaped neck; globular body; slightly cncave bottom. Intact; pinprick and small bubbles, with blowing striations; faint iridescence with small patches of pitting and weathering; some soil encrustation.

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