Glass oinochoe (perfume jug)
Translucent cobalt blue, with handle in same color; trails in opaque yellow and opaque turquoise blue.
Applied broad trefoil rim-disk; rather tall cylindrical neck; broad sloping shoulder; ovoid body; applied outsplayed foot with uneven deep concave bottom; handle attached in a large pad to shoulder over trail decoration, drawn up and out, then turned in, arching well above rim-disk, and pressed on to back of neck below rim.
Yellow trail attached at edge of rim-disk; a wide yellow trail applied unevenly to top of neck and wound down spirally across shoulder, then tooled on body around upper half of body with deep vertical ribs; a thick turquoise blue trail added over yellow, forming a striking zigzag pattern in alternate colors; below this, the yellow trail continues as an irregular festoon pattern around lower body.
Broken and repaired, with parts of rim-disk, neck, and body missing; dulling, pitting, and faint iridescent weathering.
Applied broad trefoil rim-disk; rather tall cylindrical neck; broad sloping shoulder; ovoid body; applied outsplayed foot with uneven deep concave bottom; handle attached in a large pad to shoulder over trail decoration, drawn up and out, then turned in, arching well above rim-disk, and pressed on to back of neck below rim.
Yellow trail attached at edge of rim-disk; a wide yellow trail applied unevenly to top of neck and wound down spirally across shoulder, then tooled on body around upper half of body with deep vertical ribs; a thick turquoise blue trail added over yellow, forming a striking zigzag pattern in alternate colors; below this, the yellow trail continues as an irregular festoon pattern around lower body.
Broken and repaired, with parts of rim-disk, neck, and body missing; dulling, pitting, 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: H.: 3 11/16 in. (9.4 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
- Object Number: 17.194.774
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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