Glass perfume bottle

Unknown

1st century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Translucent deep blue-green. Rim folded out, over, and in, with slightly beveled and irregular upper lip; cylindrical neck expanding downward, with tooled indent around base; squat piriform body, curving in sharply to bottom with slightly concave center. Intact; many bubbles; heavily pitted and weathered, with patches of creamy weathering and brilliant iridescence.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1st century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Bequest of Mary Anna Palmer Draper, 1915