Glass perfume bottle

Unknown

first half of 1st century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Translucent turquoise blue. Everted rim with rounded outer lip; cylindrical neck; squat piriform body; concave bottom. Body complete, but missing two-thirds of rim; pinprick and some large bubbles; pitting, small patches of whitish weathering, and iridescence on exterior, soil encrustation and whitish weathering on interior.

Artist

Unknown

Date

first half of 1st century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

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