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; concave, cylindrical neck; sloping shoulder with rounded corners; roughly squared body with indented sides; pushed-in bottom with kick. Intact; many pinprick bubbles; pitting and brilliant iridescence, with some dulling and 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