Glass perfume bottle
Translucent pale blue green.
Rounded rim folded out and tooled around outer lip; flaring mouth; slightly convex cylindrical neck, tooled in around base; squat globular body; thick, flat bottom.
Slight uneven horizontal tooled indent around top of body.
Intact; few bubbles; dulling, pitting, and iridescent weathering, with one large lump of soil attached to side and bottom of interior.
Credit: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76 ...
Rounded rim folded out and tooled around outer lip; flaring mouth; slightly convex cylindrical neck, tooled in around base; squat globular body; thick, flat bottom.
Slight uneven horizontal tooled indent around top of body.
Intact; few bubbles; dulling, pitting, and iridescent weathering, with one large lump of soil attached to side and bottom of interior.
Credit: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76 ...
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1st-2nd century A.D.
Glass; blown
8.9cm
74.51.5763
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019
Where you'll find this
Permanent collection