Glass perfume bottle
Plain rim; flaring uneven mouth; tall cylindrical neck expanding downward with horizontal tooling around base; shallow, broad conical body; pushed-in bottom, with trace of pontil mark at center.
Intact; some elongated bubbles in neck; little weathering.
The bottle contains a congealed oily substance, filling most of the body, with additional traces around inside and outside of mouth; a plug or stopper is lodged at the base of the neck.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass perfume bottle
- Period: Mid Imperial
- Date: late 1st–3rd century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown
- Dimensions: H.: 5 5/16 in. (13.5 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
- Object Number: 17.194.120
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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