Glass perfume bottle
Translucent purple.
Everted rim, folded over and in, flattened unevenly on upper surface; cylindrical neck with slight tooling indent around base; globular body; flat bottom.
On upper body, a band of three concentric wheel-cut lines, comprising two fine lines flanking a central broader line.
Intact; many bubbles and blowing striations; pitting and brilliant iridescence on exterior, soil encrustation and weathering on interior.
Everted rim, folded over and in, flattened unevenly on upper surface; cylindrical neck with slight tooling indent around base; globular body; flat bottom.
On upper body, a band of three concentric wheel-cut lines, comprising two fine lines flanking a central broader line.
Intact; many bubbles and blowing striations; pitting and brilliant iridescence on exterior, soil encrustation and weathering on interior.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass perfume bottle
- Period: Early Imperial
- Date: 1st–early 2nd century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown and cut
- Dimensions: H.: 2 11/16 in. (6.8 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
- Object Number: 91.1.1364
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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