Glass perfume bottle

Unknown

1st–2nd century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Translucent pale blue green. Rounded rim folded out and tooled around outer lip; flaring mouth; slightly convex cylindrical neck, tooled in around base; squat globular body; thick, flat bottom. Slight uneven horizontal tooled indent around top of body. Intact; few bubbles; dulling, pitting, and iridescent weathering, with one large lump of soil attached to side and bottom of interior.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1st–2nd century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76