Glass bottle fragment

Unknown

2nd to mid–1st century BCE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Translucent blue green; opaque yellow and white trails. Cylindrical, thick-walled neck, tapering at top, flaring at bottom. Spiral marvered yellow trail, with white trail laid over it at bottom of neck. Cut in half with flat sides to rough interior of neck; many bubbles; pitting and slight creamy brown weathering. Probably belonging to an amphoriskos (perfume bottle).

Artist

Unknown

Date

2nd to mid–1st century BCE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Greek, Eastern Mediterranean

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891