Perfume Bottle
Perfume Bottle
Place of OriginEgypt or Syria
Date13th century
DimensionsH: 4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm); Rim Diam: 13/16 in. (2.1 cm); Body Diam: 1 1/8 in. (2.8 cm)
MediumBlown and tooled glass, with applied marvered threads
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.2210
Not on View
DescriptionPurple ground; applied opaque white decoration; offset rim, bulge in neck near juncture with body; four-sided body, narrows toward bottom; decorated with opaque white trailed and marvered in uneven pattern.
13th century
13th century
13th century
13th century
13th century
13th century
2nd through mid-1st century BCE
13th century
2nd through mid-1st century BCE
late 13th century
13th century
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