Glass perfume bottle

Unknown

1st century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Translucent purple, with opaque white trails. Rounded and partially folded rim; flaring mouth; cylindrical neck, expanding downwards; globular body; concave bottom. Striped mosaic pattern of applied double trail wound round in a spiral on a purple ground. Intact; pitting, dulling, iridescence, and whitish weathering.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1st century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881