Glass oinochoe (perfume jug)
Translucent honey brown, with handle in same color; trails in opaque yellow, opaque white, and opaque turquoise blue.
Applied trefoil rim-disk; cylindrical neck, expanding downwards; broad rounded shoulder; slightly convex sides to body with downward taper; applied low circular coiled pad-base, with slightly convex uneven bottom; strap handle attached in pad to outer edge of shoulder, drawn up vertically, turned in, and pressed on to back of rim-disk.
A fine yellow trail attached at edge of rim-disk; another unmarvered yellow trail wound spirally four and a half times around neck; on outer edge of shoulder and extending down body, alternating bands of yellow, turquoise, and white trails wound round in almost horizontal lines but with a central band of white tooled into a close-set zigzag pattern; another yellow trail attached at edge of pad-base.
Broken and repaired, with one large hole in body and many smaller chips in rim, handle, body, and base; parts of trails, especially those in yellow, completely weathered, leaving only impressions in body of vessel; dulling, pitting, and faint iridescent weathering.
Applied trefoil rim-disk; cylindrical neck, expanding downwards; broad rounded shoulder; slightly convex sides to body with downward taper; applied low circular coiled pad-base, with slightly convex uneven bottom; strap handle attached in pad to outer edge of shoulder, drawn up vertically, turned in, and pressed on to back of rim-disk.
A fine yellow trail attached at edge of rim-disk; another unmarvered yellow trail wound spirally four and a half times around neck; on outer edge of shoulder and extending down body, alternating bands of yellow, turquoise, and white trails wound round in almost horizontal lines but with a central band of white tooled into a close-set zigzag pattern; another yellow trail attached at edge of pad-base.
Broken and repaired, with one large hole in body and many smaller chips in rim, handle, body, and base; parts of trails, especially those in yellow, completely weathered, leaving only impressions in body of vessel; dulling, pitting, and faint iridescent weathering.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass oinochoe (perfume jug)
- Period: Early Hellenistic
- Date: late 4th–early 3rd century BCE
- Culture: Eastern Mediterranean or Italian
- Medium: Glass; core-formed, Group II
- Dimensions: 4 1/2 × 2 7/16 in. (11.4 × 6.2 cm)
Diam. of foot: 1 11/16 in. (4.2 cm)
Height (without handle): 4 3/16 in. (10.7 cm) - Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881
- Object Number: 81.10.336
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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Greek
mid-4th–early 3rd century BCE
Etruscan
early 5th century BCE
Tondo Group
ca. 325–300 BCE
Eastern Mediterranean or South Italian
late 4th–early 3rd century BCE
Eastern Mediterranean or South Italian
late 4th–early 3rd century BCE
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