Glass perfume bottle
Translucent blue green.
Rim folded out, down, round, and in, with bevelled innner lip; broad, flaring mouth; cylindrical neck with slightly convex sides and tooling marks around base; small conical body; thick, concave bottom, with jagged scar to one side.
Intact; many bubbles; pitting, dulling, and iridescence on exterior; creamy weathering inside mouth and neck.
Rim folded out, down, round, and in, with bevelled innner lip; broad, flaring mouth; cylindrical neck with slightly convex sides and tooling marks around base; small conical body; thick, concave bottom, with jagged scar to one side.
Intact; many bubbles; pitting, dulling, and iridescence on exterior; creamy weathering inside mouth and neck.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass perfume bottle
- Period: Imperial
- Date: 1st–3rd century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown
- Dimensions: Height: 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm)
Diameter: 1 3/16 x 1 1/4 in. (3 x 3.2 cm) - Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
- Object Number: 74.51.215
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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