Glass perfume bottle
Colorless with pale blue green tinge.
Rim folded out, over, and in; slightly funnel-shaped, cylindrical neck, with faint tooling marks around base; piriform body; flat bottom.
Two roughly horizontal ridges (marvered trails?) around upper body.
Broken and repaired; half of rim missing; three holes in body and bottom, and numerous cracks; many pinprick and small bubbles; dulling and iridescent weathering; patches of thick, enamel-like weathering remaining on rim and top of neck.
Very thin, extremely weathered glass.
Rim folded out, over, and in; slightly funnel-shaped, cylindrical neck, with faint tooling marks around base; piriform body; flat bottom.
Two roughly horizontal ridges (marvered trails?) around upper body.
Broken and repaired; half of rim missing; three holes in body and bottom, and numerous cracks; many pinprick and small bubbles; dulling and iridescent weathering; patches of thick, enamel-like weathering remaining on rim and top of neck.
Very thin, extremely weathered glass.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass perfume bottle
- Period: Early Imperial
- Date: 1st century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown
- Dimensions: 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm)
Diameter: 1 5/8 x 3/4 in. (4.1 x 1.9 cm) - Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
- Object Number: 74.51.198
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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