Glass perfume bottle
Small perfume bottle
Translucent pale blue green; trails in thin opaque white.
Uneven rim folded out, over, and in; short, flaring mouth; cylindrical neck, with tooling marks around base; convex sloping shoulder with prominent tooling marks below; squat globular body; slightly concave bottom.
Fine white trails forming swirling pattern.
Broken and repaired around body; a few pinprick bubbles; dulling and iridescent weathering; creamy enamel-like weathering on interior of neck.
Translucent pale blue green; trails in thin opaque white.
Uneven rim folded out, over, and in; short, flaring mouth; cylindrical neck, with tooling marks around base; convex sloping shoulder with prominent tooling marks below; squat globular body; slightly concave bottom.
Fine white trails forming swirling pattern.
Broken and repaired around body; a few pinprick bubbles; dulling and iridescent weathering; creamy enamel-like weathering on interior of neck.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass perfume bottle
- Period: Early Imperial
- Date: 1st century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown, trailed, and marvered
- Dimensions: Height: 2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm)
Diameter: 1 5/16 x 11/16 in. (3.3 x 1.7 cm) - Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
- Object Number: 74.51.192
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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