Glass mosaic bottle
Colorless, translucent cobalt blue, translucent honey brown, opaque light blue, opaque white, and opaque yellow.
Outsplayed rim with a closed, cut-out tubular ledge below an uneven, vertical lip; tall cylindrical neck, with slight indent around base; conical body with slightly concave sides; uneven, slightly pushed-in bottom.
Striped mosaic pattern formed from a single pre-formed cane comprising lengths arranged in repeated groups of different colors.
Intact, except for minor, weathering chips to rim; deep pitting, iridescence, and patches of creamy white weathering.
Globular "color-band" perfume bottle.
Outsplayed rim with a closed, cut-out tubular ledge below an uneven, vertical lip; tall cylindrical neck, with slight indent around base; conical body with slightly concave sides; uneven, slightly pushed-in bottom.
Striped mosaic pattern formed from a single pre-formed cane comprising lengths arranged in repeated groups of different colors.
Intact, except for minor, weathering chips to rim; deep pitting, iridescence, and patches of creamy white weathering.
Globular "color-band" perfume bottle.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass mosaic bottle
- Period: Early Imperial, Julio-Claudian
- Date: 1st half of 1st century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; cast and blown
- Dimensions: 3 9/16 in. (9 cm)
Diameter: 2 5/16 in. (5.9 cm) - Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
- Object Number: 91.1.1260
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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