Glass perfume bottle

Unknown

late 1st–3rd century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Translucent blue green. Rim folded out, over, and in; broad flaring mouth; cylindrical, slight convex neck with irregular tooling marks at top and horizontal indent around base; concical body with slightly concave sides; pushed-in bottom. Intact; many pinprick bubbles; dulling, iridescence and small patches of creamy weathering on exterior, thicker creamy brown weathering on inside of mouth and neck with some soil encrustation on interior.

Artist

Unknown

Date

late 1st–3rd century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76