Glass perfume bottle

Unknown

3rd century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Colorless with greenish tinge. Outsplayed rim, folded unevenly over and in; tall, concave, cylindrical neck, expanding at base to join imperceptibly with small conical body; deep concave bottom. Broken and repaired with holes in lower neck and base of side; bubbles, blowing striations, and black impurities; iridescence and creamy brown weathering.

Artist

Unknown

Date

3rd century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917