Glass perfume bottle

Unknown

2nd–3rd century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Translucent light blue green. Rim folded out, round, and in, with beveled inner lip; lop-sided, flaring mouth; tall, slender cylindrical neck, tooled in around base; small bell-shaped body with concave side; deep pushed-in bottom. Intact; pinprick and elongated bubbles; severe weathering and pitting, brilliant iridescence, and patches of thick creamy brown weathering.

Artist

Unknown

Date

2nd–3rd century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Bequest of Mary Anna Palmer Draper, 1915