Glass perfume bottle

Unknown

1st century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Colorless. Rim folded out, over, and in, with uneven flattened upper surface; cylindrical neck, with tooled indent around base; piriform body; rounded bottom, flat at center. Broken and repaired, with pieces missing around body and on bottom; pinprick bubbles and blowing striations; pitting and brilliant iridescent weathering, with some soil encrustation on interior of 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