Glass unguentarium (perfume bottle)

Unknown Artist

3rd century BCE

Glass unguentarium (perfume bottle) by Unknown Artist

Medium

Glass

Dimensions

3 11/16 × 1 3/4 × 1 1/2 in. (9.4 × 4.5 × 3.8 cm) Diam. of rim: 7/8 in. (2.2 cm) Diam. of base: 1/2 in. (1.3 cm)

Classification

Glass

Culture & Period

Greek, Eastern Mediterranean, possibly Alexandrian · Hellenistic

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917

Accession Number

17.194.784

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