Glass perfume bottle

Unknown

1st century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Translucent blue. Everted rim, folded over and in; cylindrical neck, with horizontal tooling indent around base; piriform body; flat bottom. Intact; some bubbles and inclusions; slight pitting, dulling, and iridescence on exterior, some soil encrustation and iridescent brownish 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