Glass perfume bottle

Unknown

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

Colorless with yellowish tinge. Rim folded out, round, and in, with top pressed down around mouth; tall cylindrical neck, expanding towards base with horizontal tooling around base; rounded shoulder; bell-shaped body with tooled horizontal concavity in upper side; broad, concave bottom. Intact; pinprick and elongated bubbles; slight dulling, some pitting, and most of surfaces covered with iridescent weathering, one thick patch of soil encrustation under rim.

Artist

Unknown

Date

2nd–3rd century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881