Glass perfume bottle

Unknown

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

Colorless. Rim folded out, over, and in, with beveled upper surface; cylindrical neck with tooled indent around base; ovoid body; slightly convx bottom. Intact; pinprick and elongated bubbles, and blowing striations; dulling, pitting, iridescence, and whitish weathering, with some soil encrustation on 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