Glass mosaic perfume bottle

Unknown

1st half of 1st century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Translucent amber yellow, with opaque white trails. Rounded rim; flaring mouth; cylindrical neck, expanding downwards; sloping shoulder; globular body; slightly concave bottom. Trails applied from rim to bottom, marvered into an irregular pattern of fine and thick lines. Intact; pinprick and larger round bubbles; pitting of surface bubbles and faint iridescence on exterior, dulling and soil encrustation on interior.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1st half of 1st century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917