Glass perfume bottle
Translucent pale blue.
Rim folded out, over, and in, with flattened upper surface; cylindrical neck with broad horizontal tooling indent around base; piriform body; broad, flat bottom.
Intact; many pinprick bubbles; dulling, pitting, and brilliant iridescence on exterior, soil encrustation and patchy weathering on interior.
Rim folded out, over, and in, with flattened upper surface; cylindrical neck with broad horizontal tooling indent around base; piriform body; broad, flat bottom.
Intact; many pinprick bubbles; dulling, pitting, and brilliant iridescence on exterior, soil encrustation and patchy weathering on interior.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass perfume bottle
- Period: Early Imperial
- Date: 1st century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown
- Dimensions: Height: 5 1/4 × 2 3/8 in., 1.6oz. (13.3 × 6 cm, 45.364g)
Lip diameter: 1 1/8 in. (2.8 cm)
Other (Neck): 1 13/16 × 13/16 in. (4.6 × 2 cm) - Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
- Object Number: 91.1.1344
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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