Glass perfume bottle

Unknown

1st century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Translucent honey brown. Unworked, cracked-off vertical rim; cylindrical neck, with tooled indent around base; narrow, sloping shoulder, with rounded edge and vertical band below; carinated body, with side to long, upper body tapering downward and lower side curving in sharply; concave bottom. Broken and repaired, with one hole in lower body; some pinprick bubbles; dulling, pitting, iridescence, and patches of thick creamy yellow weathering on exterior.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1st century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881