Roman perfume bottle
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posted on 2022-08-09, 07:53 authored by Centre for Ancient Cultures MuseumCentre for Ancient Cultures Museum<p><br></p>
<p>Translucent yellow miniature Roman glass jug used to hold perfumes or oils. Commonly found in burials. </p>
<p>Hand blown glass, Drop-shaped, globular body with flattened base, cylindrical neck, round-flared and thickened rim, folded over. No decoration, broad rounded shoulder. Some cloudy weathering. </p>
<p><u>Object number:</u> 127.072</p>
<p><u>Date:</u> 1<sup>st</sup> century A.D.</p>
<p><u>Parallels:</u> New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art 74.51.194, 74.51.5762, 74.51.186; Houston, Museum of Fine Arts 31.101; Brooklyn, Brooklyn Museum 01.255; London, Science Museum A608632.</p>
<p><u>References</u>: Kisa, A., <em>Das Glas Im Altertume</em>, Vol. 1, 1908; Morin, J., <em>La verrerie en Gaule sous l'Empire Romain</em>, Paris, H. Laurens, 1913; Myres, J. L., <em>Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus</em>, 1914, no. 5226, p. 509, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Isings, C., <em>Roman Glass from dated finds</em>, Groningen: J.B. Wolters, 1957; Bagatti, B., <em>Gli Scavi Di Nazaret</em>, Gerusalemme: Tip. dei PP. Francescani, 1967; Folio Fine Art Ltd, <em>Roman Glass</em>, London, May 1971; von Saldern, A., et al., <em>Gläser der Antike: Sammlung Erwin Oppenländer</em>, Hamburg, 1974; Kunina, N., <em>Ancient Glass in the Hermitage Collection</em>, St Petersburg: State Hermitage, 1997; Israeli, Y., Barag, D., and Brosh, N., <em>Ancient Glass in the Israel Museum: The Eliahu Dobkin Collection and Other Gifts</em>, Jerusalem: Israel Museum, 2003; Stern, M., <em>Roman, Byzantine, Early Medieval Glass 10 BCE-700CE</em>, The Ernesto Wolf Collection, 2001; Wight, K., <em>Molten Color: Glassmaking in Antiquity</em>, Los Angeles: Getty, 2011; Lightfoot, C. S., <em>The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art: Ancient Glass</em>, no. 255, p. 200, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2017; Leljak, M., “Typology of the Roman glass vessels from the Croatian part of the province Pannonia”, <em>Haemus Journal</em>, vol. 1, 2021, 121-133; Hall, E. H.. "A Collection Made of Antique Glass", <em>The Museum Journal IV</em>, no. 4 (December, 1913): 119-141. Accessed December 20, 2021.</p><p>Photo by Steve Morton</p>