Glass perfume bottle

Unknown

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

Translucent light blue. Everted, funnel-shaped rim, with rounded lip; cylindrical neck, expanding downwards, with horizontal tooling indent around base; elongated piriform body; thick, flat bottom. Complete, except for large weathered chip in rim; some severe pitting of surface bubbles, thick creamy weathering around rim, dulling, and brilliant iridescence.

Artist

Unknown

Date

late 1st–3rd century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Bequest of Mary Anna Palmer Draper, 1915