Glass perfume bottle

Unknown

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

Small perfume bottle Colorless with pale greenish tinge. Tubular rim, folded out, over, and in; flaring mouth; tall, slightly funnel-shaped neck; sloping shoulder; roughly shaped, four-sided body with shallow indent in each side; pushed-in bottom with traces of pontil mark. Intact; pinprick and some large bubbles; slight dulling and patches of iridescent weathering, with some soil encrustation.

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