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Glass amphoriskos (perfume bottle)

late 6th–5th century BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 157
Translucent cobalt blue, with handles in same color; trails in opaque yellow and opaque turquoise blue.
Uneven inward-sloping rim-disk; cylindrical neck with spiral tooling marks, tapering downwards; broad sloping shoulder; top-shaped body; circular base-knob with indent on uneven bottom; two strap handles applied to top of shoulder, drawn up, and pressed onto neck.
Turquoise blue trail attached at edge of rim-disk; a yellow trail applied in an irregular spiral around shoulder and top of body; a second thicker yellow trail tooled into an uneven zigzag pattern around middle of body, where a turquoise blue trail is added, mingling with the yellow, forming shallow vertical ridges in sides; below, a yellow and a turquoise blue trail wound horizontally once around lower body; a turquoise blue trail wound carelessly around base-knob.
Intact, except for weathered chip in outer edge of rim-disk; dulling and pitting, with faint iridescent weathering.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Glass amphoriskos (perfume bottle)
  • Period: Classical
  • Date: late 6th–5th century BCE
  • Culture: Greek, Eastern Mediterranean
  • Medium: Glass; core-formed, Group I
  • Dimensions: H.: 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm)
  • Classification: Glass
  • Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
  • Object Number: 17.194.771
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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