Perfume Bottle
Perfume Bottle
Place of OriginEgypt or Syria
Date13th century
DimensionsH: 4 5/16 in. (11 cm); Rim Diam: 7/8 in. (2.2 cm); Body Diam: 1 in. (2.5 cm)
MediumBlown and tooled glass, with applied marvered threads
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.2206
Not on View
DescriptionPurple; applied opaque white decoration; offset rim; bulge in neck above juncture with body; four-sided body, narrowing toward bottom; decorated with opaque white trails applied and marvered in uneven pattern; loops on neck and rim not marvered.
13th century
13th century
13th century
13th century
13th century
13th century
13th century
Mid-4th through early 3rd centuries BCE
Mid-4th through early third centuries BCE
13th century
Mid-fourth through early third centuries BCE
18th Dynasty, about 1400-1350 BCE
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