Glass perfume bottle

Unknown

1st century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Translucent yellow. Very fine, outsplayed rim; cylindrical neck, with horizontal tooled indent around base; piriform body; slightly concave bottom. Intact, except for small chip in rim; pinprick bubbles; slight pitting, faint weathering, and iridescence on exterior, whitish weathering on interior.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1st century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881