Glass carinated perfume bottle

Unknown

1st century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Translucent cobalt blue. Outsplayed, rounded rim; cylindrical neck, with deep horizontal tooled indent around base; narrow horizontal shoulder with projecting flange below; carinated body, with slightly concave profile to upper section and lower section curving in sharply to concave bottom. Intact, except around rim, of which 2/3 is missing; some bubbles, elongated in neck; dulling, patches of pitting and iridescent weathering on exterior, whitish weathering on much of interior. Blue, bell shaped.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1st century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917