Glass mosaic perfume bottle

Unknown

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

Translucent deep cobalt blue, with translucent honey brown, opaque white, opaque light blue, and opaque yellow trails. Everted, rounded rim; cylindrical neck, expanding slightly downward, with fine indent around base; globular body; concave bottom. Striped mosaic pattern of applied trails wound round on a blue ground and then tooled in four strokes, alternating upward and downward, into a broad feather pattern. Broken and repaired, with one large chip in rim, and one hole and some small cracks in body; some large bubbles; faint iridescence and small patches of creamy white weathering.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1st half of 1st century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881