Glass perfume bottle

Unknown

late 1st–3rd century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Colorless. Horizontal, everted rim with lip folded down, round, and up, and flattened into top of rim; cylindrical neck expanding downwards; squat, bulbous body; concave bottom. Broken and repaired, with some weathered edges to breaks, with three-quarters of neck missing, and one hole in side of body; dulling, pitting of surface bubbles, iridescence, and thick limy weathering.

Artist

Unknown

Date

late 1st–3rd century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

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