Glass perfume bottle

Unknown

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

Small unguentarium. Colorless with pale greenish tinge. Slanting tubular rim folded out, over, and in; cylindrical neck with tooled indent around base; elongated ovoid body; small concave bottom. Complete, but crack in rim and neck, repaired; pinprick bubbles and blowing striations; dulling, pitting, and iridescent weathering on exterior, soil encrustation and weathering 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