Glass perfume bottle

Unknown

1st century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Translucent blue. Thin, everted rim; cylindrical neck, with tooled indent around base; narrow, horizontal shoulder, with rounded edge and vertical band below; carinated body, with side to long, upper body tapering downward and lower side curving in sharply; almost flat bottom, with slight, off-center indent. Intact; some bubbles; dulling, pitting, and iridescent whitish weathering, with soil encrustation on interior of neck.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1st century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881