Glass perfume bottle

Unknown

1st century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Colorless with pale blue green tinge. Lopsided rim folded out, over, and in, and pressed flat; slender, cylindrical neck, tooled in around base; elongated piriform body; concave bottom. Complete, but one small hole in body; pinprick bubbles; deep pitting and brilliant iridescent weathering.

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