Glass perfume bottle

1st century CE
Not on view
Thick-walled perfume bottle.

Uncertain color (translucent pale blue-green?).

Flaring rim, folded in and flattened on top; cylindrical neck, with tooling indents around base; elongated, piriform body; round bottom.

One large hole with weathered edges in lower body, and one small slit hole in neck below rim; pinprick bubbles; deep pitting, weathering, and brilliant iridescence on exterior, some creamy weathering on interior.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Glass perfume bottle
  • Period: Early Imperial
  • Date: 1st century CE
  • Culture: Roman
  • Medium: Glass; blown
  • Dimensions: H.: 2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm)
  • Classification: Glass
  • Credit Line: Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915
  • Object Number: 30.115.61
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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