Glass perfume bottle

Unknown

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

Small perfume bottle Colorless with pale greenish tinge. Rounded, slightly thickened rim; flaring mouth; concave cylindrical neck; sloping shoulder with rounded corners; roughly squared body with deeply indented sides; pushed-in bottom with kick. Intact; pinprick bubbles; little weathering of exterior; patches of creamy weathering and iridescence on 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