Glass perfume bottle
Colorless with pale yellow green tinge.
Thick, rounded, and slanting rim, folded unevenly out, down, over, and in, with fairly broad collar to mouth; cylindrical neck, expanding downward and tooled in around base; elongated piriform body; pushed-in bottom with kick.
Intact, except for crack in side of body; elongated and pinprick bubbles; dulling and deep iridescent weathering; encrustation under rim; remains of black enamel-like weathering on bottom.
Thick, rounded, and slanting rim, folded unevenly out, down, over, and in, with fairly broad collar to mouth; cylindrical neck, expanding downward and tooled in around base; elongated piriform body; pushed-in bottom with kick.
Intact, except for crack in side of body; elongated and pinprick bubbles; dulling and deep iridescent weathering; encrustation under rim; remains of black enamel-like weathering on bottom.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass perfume bottle
- Period: Mid Imperial
- Date: 2nd–3rd century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown
- Dimensions: 7 7/8in. (20cm)
Other: 2 13/16 in. (7.2 cm)
Diam. of rim: 1 7/16 in. (3.7 cm) - Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
- Object Number: 74.51.97
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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