Glass perfume bottle
Translucent pale blue-green.
Broad, tubular rim, folded out, down, round, and in, flattened on top and slightly oval; tall neck, expanding downward, with large horizontal tooled indent around base; low conical body with slightly convex-curving side; deep concave bottom.
Intact; many bubbles, some large, others elongated; deep pitting, iridescence, and patches of creamy weathering.
Broad, tubular rim, folded out, down, round, and in, flattened on top and slightly oval; tall neck, expanding downward, with large horizontal tooled indent around base; low conical body with slightly convex-curving side; deep concave bottom.
Intact; many bubbles, some large, others elongated; deep pitting, iridescence, and patches of creamy weathering.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass perfume bottle
- Period: Imperial
- Date: late 1st–3rd century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Free-blown; blown
- Dimensions: H.: 6 3/4 in. (17.2 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Edward S. Harkness, 1940
- Object Number: 40.61.1
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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