Glass perfume bottle
Translucent pale blue-green, heavily streaked with manganese purple.
Everted rim, folded over and in, flattened on upper surface; tall cylindrical neck, expanding downwards, then tooled in around base; squat globular body; bottom slightly pushed-in.
Broken and repaired around top of neck; pinprick and elongated bubbles; deep pitting and weathering with some iridescence.
Everted rim, folded over and in, flattened on upper surface; tall cylindrical neck, expanding downwards, then tooled in around base; squat globular body; bottom slightly pushed-in.
Broken and repaired around top of neck; pinprick and elongated bubbles; deep pitting and weathering with some iridescence.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass perfume bottle
- Period: Mid Imperial
- Date: late 1st–3rd century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown
- Dimensions: H.: 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Bequest of Mary Anna Palmer Draper, 1915
- Object Number: 15.43.158
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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