Glass oinochoe (perfume jug)
Translucent cobalt blue but with one patch of turquoise blue on neck; applied foot and handle in cobalt blue but with opaque yellow streaks; trails in opaque yellow and opaque turquoise blue.
Applied broad trefoil rim-disk; tall cylindrical neck, slanting forward; broad uneven shoulder, almost horizontal at front; bulbous body curving in towards bottom; applied outsplayed foot with uneven slightly hollow bottom; handle attached in a large flattened pad to outer edge of shoulder over trail decoration, drawn up and out, then turned in, arching above rim-disk, and pressed on to back of neck below rim.
Yellow trail, streaked with turquoise blue, attached at edge of rim-disk; an unmarvered yellow trail, also with turquoise streaks, wound once around center of neck; a third yellow trail applied as a broad marvered pad to edge of shoulder and wound down spirally, then tooled around upper body; a turquoise blue trail added over yellow, forming a zigzag pattern; below this, a yellow trail and a thin turquoise trail applied together and wound round in uneven horizontal lines, and a second turquoise trail applied over yellow to form a band around lower body; another yellow trail attached at edge of foot; a small raised knob of yellow applied to bottom of handle.
Intact, except for internal cracks in rim-disk and neck; small patches of encrustation and faint iridescent weathering.
Applied broad trefoil rim-disk; tall cylindrical neck, slanting forward; broad uneven shoulder, almost horizontal at front; bulbous body curving in towards bottom; applied outsplayed foot with uneven slightly hollow bottom; handle attached in a large flattened pad to outer edge of shoulder over trail decoration, drawn up and out, then turned in, arching above rim-disk, and pressed on to back of neck below rim.
Yellow trail, streaked with turquoise blue, attached at edge of rim-disk; an unmarvered yellow trail, also with turquoise streaks, wound once around center of neck; a third yellow trail applied as a broad marvered pad to edge of shoulder and wound down spirally, then tooled around upper body; a turquoise blue trail added over yellow, forming a zigzag pattern; below this, a yellow trail and a thin turquoise trail applied together and wound round in uneven horizontal lines, and a second turquoise trail applied over yellow to form a band around lower body; another yellow trail attached at edge of foot; a small raised knob of yellow applied to bottom of handle.
Intact, except for internal cracks in rim-disk and neck; small patches of encrustation and faint iridescent weathering.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass oinochoe (perfume jug)
- Period: Classical
- Date: late 6th–5th century BCE
- Culture: Greek, Eastern Mediterranean
- Medium: Glass; core-formed, Group I
- Dimensions: 4 3/4 × 2 1/2 in. (12 × 6.4 cm)
Height (without handle): 4 7/16 in. (11.3 cm)
Diam. of foot: 1 5/16 in. (3.3 cm) - Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
- Object Number: 17.194.743
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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