Glass perfume bottle

Unknown

2nd–3rd century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Translucent blue green. Broad tubular rim, folded out, down, over and in, with flattened upper surface; tall cylindrical neck, slightly concave in profile, with tooled line around base; bell-shaped body with concave side and rounded lower edge; concave bottom. Intact; some bubbles and blowing striations; slight dulling and iridescence on exterior, with soil encrustation and whitish weathering on underside of rim, soil encrustation, brown weathering, and iridescence on interior, especially on neck. With long neck.

Artist

Unknown

Date

2nd–3rd century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881