Glass amphoriskos (perfume bottle) 2nd to mid-1st century Greek, Eastern Mediterranean Translucent cobalt blue; handles and base-knob in translucent colorless with pale green tinge, but one handle with additional trail in dark olive green, appearing black; trails in opaque white and opaque yellow .Uneven rim-disk, with rounded edge and sloping inward; tall, slender cylindrical neck, with tooling indents around top; narrow sloping shoulder; elongated, narrow ovoid body; pointed bottom with applied base-knob; two vertical handles applied with separate pads on shoulder, and pressed on to upp

Glass amphoriskos (perfume bottle) 2nd to mid-1st century Greek, Eastern Mediterranean Translucent cobalt blue; handles and base-knob in translucent colorless with pale green tinge, but one handle with additional trail in dark olive green, appearing black; trails in opaque white and opaque yellow .Uneven rim-disk, with rounded edge and sloping inward; tall, slender cylindrical neck, with tooling indents around top; narrow sloping shoulder; elongated, narrow ovoid body; pointed bottom with applied base-knob; two vertical handles applied with separate pads on shoulder, and pressed on to upper trail applied to edge of rim-disk and wound spirally down neck and across shoulder, a second white applied over yellow at top of body, both tooled into a feather pattern on body in eleven irregular panels of alternating upward and downward strokes, then fine white trail continuing on lower body in a spiral almost two turns but thicker yellow trail continuing and ending on pointed bottom; one irregular patch of yellow over decoration on upper body. Body complete, but most of handles missing; dulling, pitting, faint iridescence, and small patches of milky white Glass amphoriskos (perfume bottle) 253091 Greek, Eastern Mediterranean, Glass amphoriskos (perfume bottle), 2nd to mid-1st century , Glass, H.: 7 1/16 in. ( cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915 ()

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