Glass perfume bottle

Unknown

1st–early 2nd century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Thick-walled bottle, containing traces of a red pigment, identified as the mineral cinnabar. Translucent green. Everted rim, folded over and in, with beveled upper surface; cylindrical neck, expanding slightly downwards, then tooled in around base; elongated conical body, curving in to uneven, concave bottom. Intact; pinprick and elongated bubbles, with blowing striations; deep pitting and brilliant iridescence on exterior, encrustation and weathering on interior.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1st–early 2nd century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

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