Glass perfume bottle

Unknown

1st century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Small perfume bottle Translucent pale blue green, with purple streaks. Rim folded out, over, and in, with beveled upper surface and vertical inner lip; slightly funnel-shaped neck, with tooling marks around base; convex sloping shoulder with prominent tooling marks below; squat bulbous body; uneven bottom, slightly concave at center. Intact; pinprick bubbles; pitting, dulling, and brilliant iridescent weathering on one side. Colorless round blown glass vase with short wide neck.

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