Glass perfume bottle

Unknown

1st century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Translucent amber brown; opaque white trails. Everted rim, folded over and in; cylindrical neck, expanding downwards; squat conical body curving in sharply to almost flat bottom. Trails extend in a hanging loop from rim down neck and across upper body on one side. Complete, but cracks in body; few bubbles; pitting and brilliant iridescent weathering.

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