Glass perfume bottle

Unknown

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

Glass perfume bottle — Unknown

Colorless. Tubular rim, folded out, over, and in; tapering cylindrical neck with tooled indent around base; slender conical body; pushed-in bottom. Broken and repaired with pieces missing around body and bottom; many pinprick bubbles; dulling and iridescence on exterior; thick soil encrustation on inside of neck and iridescent weathering on interior of body.

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