Glass oinochoe (perfume jug)
Translucent cobalt blue, with handle in same color; trails in opaque yellow and opaque white.
Applied large trefoil rim-disk; short cylindrical neck, tapering upwards; broad rounded shoulder; stright-sided body with pronounced downward taper; applied low circular coiled pad-base, with flattened bottom; strap handle attached to shoulder, drawn up and round in a curve, arching above the rim-disk, and pressed on to top of neck behind rim-disk.
A yellow trail attached at edge of rim-disk; another fine yellow trail wound spirally more than six times around neck; a third fine yellow trail wound around outer edge of shoulder, then intermingling with a white trail on upper body; both tooled into a close-set zigzag pattern; below, a fourth yellow trail wound horizontally in a single turn; a fifth yellow trail attached at edge of pad-base.
Intact, but some internal cracks in body; some of trails completely weathered, leaving only impressions in side of body; some dulling and pitting, and small patches of iridescence and weathering.
Applied large trefoil rim-disk; short cylindrical neck, tapering upwards; broad rounded shoulder; stright-sided body with pronounced downward taper; applied low circular coiled pad-base, with flattened bottom; strap handle attached to shoulder, drawn up and round in a curve, arching above the rim-disk, and pressed on to top of neck behind rim-disk.
A yellow trail attached at edge of rim-disk; another fine yellow trail wound spirally more than six times around neck; a third fine yellow trail wound around outer edge of shoulder, then intermingling with a white trail on upper body; both tooled into a close-set zigzag pattern; below, a fourth yellow trail wound horizontally in a single turn; a fifth yellow trail attached at edge of pad-base.
Intact, but some internal cracks in body; some of trails completely weathered, leaving only impressions in side of body; some dulling and pitting, and small patches of iridescence and weathering.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass oinochoe (perfume jug)
- Period: Late Classical or Hellenistic
- Date: 4th–3rd century BCE
- Culture: Greek, Eastern Mediterranean
- Medium: Glass; core-formed, Group II
- Dimensions: H.: 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
- Object Number: 17.194.768
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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4th century BCE
ca. 375–350 BCE
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