Glass perfume bottle

Unknown

1st century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Translucent cobalt blue. Uneven, everted rim, with rounded lip; slender, cylindrical neck, with tooled horizontal indent around base; piriform body; small, concave bottom. Intact; some pinprick bubbles; dulling and faint iridescence on exterior, patches of weathering on interior.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1st century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891