Glass perfume bottle

2nd–3rd century CE
Not on view
Small perfume bottle
Colorless with pale greenish tinge.
Rounded, slightly thickened rim; flaring mouth; concave cylindrical neck; sloping shoulder with rounded corners; roughly squared body with deeply indented sides; pushed-in bottom with kick.
Intact; pinprick bubbles; little weathering of exterior; patches of creamy weathering and iridescence on interior.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Glass perfume bottle
  • Period: Mid Imperial
  • Date: 2nd–3rd century CE
  • Culture: Roman
  • Medium: Glass; blown and tooled
  • Dimensions: 1 1/2 x 13/16in. (3.8 x 2.1cm)
    Diameter: 7/8 in. (2.2 cm)
  • Classification: Glass
  • Credit Line: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
  • Object Number: 74.51.191
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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