Glass amphoriskos (perfume bottle)
Opaque dark purple, with handles in same color; trails in opaque yellow and opaque turquoise blue.
Deeply inward-sloping rim-disk; tall cylindrical neck with concave sides; uneven sloping shoulder; top-shaped body; circular base-knob with deep indent on bottom; two vertical strap handles applied to shoulder, drawn up, and pressed onto neck.
A yellow trail attached at edge of rim-disk; another yellow trail and an overlapping turquoise blue trail applied to shoulder, wound in a tight spiral around body, ending two-thirds of the way down.
Complete, except for most of one handle; broken and repaired around neck; dulling, pitting, and creamy iridescent weathering.
Deeply inward-sloping rim-disk; tall cylindrical neck with concave sides; uneven sloping shoulder; top-shaped body; circular base-knob with deep indent on bottom; two vertical strap handles applied to shoulder, drawn up, and pressed onto neck.
A yellow trail attached at edge of rim-disk; another yellow trail and an overlapping turquoise blue trail applied to shoulder, wound in a tight spiral around body, ending two-thirds of the way down.
Complete, except for most of one handle; broken and repaired around neck; dulling, pitting, and creamy iridescent weathering.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass amphoriskos (perfume bottle)
- Period: Classical
- Date: 5th century BCE
- Culture: Greek, Eastern Mediterranean
- Medium: Glass; core-formed, Group I
- Dimensions: 2 13/16 × 1 3/4 in. (7.1 × 4.4 cm)
Diam. of rim: 7/8 in. (2.3 cm) - Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
- Object Number: 17.194.798
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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Greek
last quarter of the 6th century BCE
Princeton Group
ca. 540–530 BCE
Greek, Eastern Mediterranean
late 6th–5th century BCE
Greek, Eastern Mediterranean
late 6th–5th century BCE
Greek, Eastern Mediterranean
late 6th–5th century BCE
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