Glass perfume bottle
Unknown Artist
Translucent pale blue green.
Rim folded out, over, and in, with broad mouth; slender, slightly concave cylindrical neck, tooled in around base; sloping shoulder; straight sides to body, tapering downward; pushed-in bottom with deep kick and trace of pontil scar.
Intact; some bubbles; dulling and iridescence.
Credit: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
2nd-3rd century A.D.
Glass; blown
19.7cm
74.51.41
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019
Where you'll find this
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Permanent collection