Glass perfume bottle with opaque white trail

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1st century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Translucent cobalt blue; trail in opaque white. Outsplayed, rounded, and slightly thickened rim; tall neck, joining imperceptibly with slender piriform body, drawn out at base into solid knob. Trail applied on knob base, wound round and up in a spiral 12 times across body, ending at base of neck. Broken and repaired with one large gap in rim; pinprick bubbles; slight brownish weathering. Blue spindle shaped vase with very long neck and pointed bottom; wound with white glass threads.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1st century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917