Glass perfume bottle
Translucent dark cobalt blue.
Rim folded out, down, round, and in; cylindrical neck; conical body with convex side; kick in bottom, with traces of large circular pontil mark.
Complete but cracks in body; some bubbles, elongated in neck; dulling, faint iridescence, and limy yellow, enamel-like weathering.
Rim folded out, down, round, and in; cylindrical neck; conical body with convex side; kick in bottom, with traces of large circular pontil mark.
Complete but cracks in body; some bubbles, elongated in neck; dulling, faint iridescence, and limy yellow, enamel-like weathering.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass perfume bottle
- Period: Imperial
- Date: late 1st–3rd century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown
- Dimensions: H.: 2 1/16 in. (5.2 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881
- Object Number: 81.10.267
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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