Glass perfume bottle

Unknown

first half of 1st century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Translucent cobalt blue. Outsplayed rim, with fire-rounded lip; cylindrical neck, with horizontal tooled indent around base; piriform body; flat bottom, slightly concave at center. Intact; some bubbles and blowing striations; patches of dulling, creamy weathering, and iridescence.

Artist

Unknown

Date

first half of 1st century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881