Glass perfume bottle

Unknown

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

Small perfume bottle Colorless, but with purple streaks. Plian, rounded rim; flaring mouth; slightly funnel-shaped neck; sloping shoulder with rounded corners; roughly squared body with indented sides; pushed-in bottom, with traces of circular pontil mark. Intact, except for two small chips in rim; cracks across bottom; pinprick bubbles; dulling and iridescence; weathering and encrustion inside mouth and interior.

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