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Glass perfume bottle

1st century CE
Not on view
Translucent cobalt blue.
Lopsided, everted rim, folded over and in, and flattened on top; cylindrical neck, with irregular horizontal tooling indents around base; conical body, curving in to small, flat bottom.
Complete, but cracked on one side of body; pinprick bubbles; dulling and patches of iridescent weathering, with some encrustation on interior.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Glass perfume bottle
  • Period: Early Imperial
  • Date: 1st century CE
  • Culture: Roman
  • Medium: Glass; blown
  • Dimensions: H.: 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm)
  • Classification: Glass
  • Credit Line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
  • Object Number: 91.1.1262
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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