Glass mosaic perfume bottle

Unknown

1st century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Translucent cobalt blue and purple, and opaque white. Traces of cylindrical neck with tooling indent around base; piriform body; flat bottom with small, pushed-in center. Striped mosaic pattern formed from four lengths of a single cane consisting of parallel stripes in blue, purple, and white that were fused together, meeting in a cross on the bottom, tooled, and then blown. Body complete, but missing most of neck and rim; some large surface bubbles; pitting, slight dulling, and faint iridescence.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1st century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881