Glass perfume bottle

Unknown

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

Small candlestick unguentarium. Colorless. Tubular rim folded out, over and pressed in to top of flaring mouth; tall cylindrical neck, tapering downwards, with slight indent around base; narrow sloping shoulder; low conical body; pushed-in bottom. Intact; pinprick bubbles; dulling, iridescence, and creamy weathering, with some soil encrustation on interior.

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