Glass perfume bottle
Translucent pale yellow green.
Rim folded out, over, and in, then flattened into mouth; vertical neck to one side of body; irregular globular body; kick in bottom.
Around side, irregular pattern of 7 indents.
Intact; many pinprick and larger bubbles, and a few gritty inclusions; faint iridescent weathering on exterior, patches of encrustation and thicker weathering on interior.
After inflation the bottle has been worked around the rim and neck to give the impression of a face with a nose and wearing a brimmed hat.
Rim folded out, over, and in, then flattened into mouth; vertical neck to one side of body; irregular globular body; kick in bottom.
Around side, irregular pattern of 7 indents.
Intact; many pinprick and larger bubbles, and a few gritty inclusions; faint iridescent weathering on exterior, patches of encrustation and thicker weathering on interior.
After inflation the bottle has been worked around the rim and neck to give the impression of a face with a nose and wearing a brimmed hat.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass perfume bottle
- Period: Mid Imperial
- Date: ca. 2nd century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown
- Dimensions: H.: 5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
- Object Number: 17.194.101
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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