Roman Period Tall Glass Perfume Bottle

Origin: JordanCirca: 1st Century AD to 3rd Century ADDimensions: 5" Height x 1.5" Width (12.6 cm x 4 cm)Medium: Glass This charming perfume vessel with layered patina has survived the centuries with its beauty intact. The flattened body rises to a long and graceful cylindrical neck with an everted rim. This style of elongated bottle, with a short body and a long neck, is one of the earliest types of free blown-glass vessels found. The content of such bottles could be poured out slowly, in tiny drops, and the small mouth was easily stoppered.