Glass perfume bottle
Small perfume bottle
Translucent cobalt blue.
Plain, rounded rim; flaring mouth; slightly convex, cylindrical neck, with tooling marks around base; piriform body; flat bottom with traces of a circular pontil mark.
Intact; some pinprick bubbles; dulling and faint iridescence on exterior; patches of soli encrustation and iridescent weathering on interior.
Translucent cobalt blue.
Plain, rounded rim; flaring mouth; slightly convex, cylindrical neck, with tooling marks around base; piriform body; flat bottom with traces of a circular pontil mark.
Intact; some pinprick bubbles; dulling and faint iridescence on exterior; patches of soli encrustation and iridescent weathering on interior.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass perfume bottle
- Period: Early Imperial
- Date: 1st century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown
- Dimensions: 1 7/8 x 1 1/4in. (4.8 x 3.2cm)
Diam. of rim: 9/16 in. (1.5 cm) - Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
- Object Number: 74.51.178
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
More Artwork
Research Resources
The Met provides unparalleled resources for research and welcomes an international community of students and scholars. The Met's Open Access API is where creators and researchers can connect to the The Met collection. Open Access data and public domain images are available for unrestricted commercial and noncommercial use without permission or fee.
To request images under copyright and other restrictions, please use this Image Request form.
Feedback
We continue to research and examine historical and cultural context for objects in The Met collection. If you have comments or questions about this object record, please complete and submit this form. The Museum looks forward to receiving your comments.