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Elegant Glass Cosmetic Flask
Circa 1st Century AD
Description: Pale green-blue cosmetic bottle with teardrop-shaped body about three-fifths of total height. Broad tubular neck with folded-over rim flattened at an angle. The neck is tooled at the bottom, offsetting it from the body. Flattened underside with a deeper blue hue to the glass. Small amount of blue and purple iridescence outside and creamy crust within the bottle.
Height: 5.3 in. (13.4 cm)
Condition: Intact with collector's tag adhered to the underside obscuring a possible pontil mark.
Provenance: Formerly in the Gyorgy Kepes Collection (1906-2001), an internationally known painter, sculptor and photographer. Also, the founder of M.I.T.'s Center for Advanced Visual Studies.
Reference: See Roman and Pre-Roman Glass in the Royal Ontario Museum (Toronto 1975) by John W. Hayes, no. 242 for a nearly identical bottle.
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