Glass oinochoe (perfume jug)
Translucent cobalt blue, with handle in same color; trails in opaque yellow and opaque white.
Applied trefoil rim-disk; short cylindrical neck; broad rounded shoulder with irregular shape; ovoid body with downward taper; applied low circular coiled pad-base, almost flat on bottom; strap handle attached to outer edge of shoulder, drawn up and round in a curve and with a sideways slant, and attached to top edge of rim-disk. Poorly and hastily formed.
A yellow trail attached in a thick blob at edge of rim-disk; another yellow trail wound spirally two and a half times around neck; other fine yellow trails wound intermittently around shoulder; a white trail wound spirally four times round upper body, tooled into an irregular zigzag pattern; below, another yellow trail wound horizontally round in two turns and a thicker white trail applied over it and wound round one and a half times further down body.
Intact; patches of creamy brown weathering and iridescence.
Applied trefoil rim-disk; short cylindrical neck; broad rounded shoulder with irregular shape; ovoid body with downward taper; applied low circular coiled pad-base, almost flat on bottom; strap handle attached to outer edge of shoulder, drawn up and round in a curve and with a sideways slant, and attached to top edge of rim-disk. Poorly and hastily formed.
A yellow trail attached in a thick blob at edge of rim-disk; another yellow trail wound spirally two and a half times around neck; other fine yellow trails wound intermittently around shoulder; a white trail wound spirally four times round upper body, tooled into an irregular zigzag pattern; below, another yellow trail wound horizontally round in two turns and a thicker white trail applied over it and wound round one and a half times further down body.
Intact; patches of creamy brown weathering and iridescence.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass oinochoe (perfume jug)
- Period: Late Classical or Hellenistic
- Date: 4th–3rd century BCE
- Culture: Greek, Eastern Mediterranean or Italian
- Medium: Glass; core-formed, Group II
- Dimensions: H.: 3 5/16 in. (8.4 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881
- Object Number: 81.10.327
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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