Glass perfume bottle

Unknown

1st century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Small perfume bottle Translucent deep honey yellow. Unworked rim; flaring mouth; cylindrical neck, slightly convex and tooled in around base; piriform body; flattened bottom. Complete, except for chips in rim; one large crack from rim to body; some pinprick bubbles; dulling and faint iridescence; patches of black, enamel-like weathering on interior.

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