Glass perfume bottle

Unknown

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

Small unguentarium. Colorless with pale blue tinge. Rim folded out, over, and in; flaring mouth; cylindrical neck with tooled indent around base; small ovoid body; round bottom. Intact; few bubbles but one large elongated bubble in neck; dulling, limey weathering, and iridescence, with some soil encrustation.

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