Glass oinochoe (perfume jug)

Unknown

4th–3rd century BCE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Translucent cobalt blue, with handle in same color; trails in opaque yellow and opaque white. Applied trefoil rim-disk; short cylindrical neck; broad rounded shoulder with irregular shape; ovoid body with downward taper; applied low circular coiled pad-base, almost flat on bottom; strap handle attached to outer edge of shoulder, drawn up and round in a curve and with a sideways slant, and attached to top edge of rim-disk. Poorly and hastily formed. A yellow trail attached in a thick blob at edge of rim-disk; another yellow trail wound spirally two and a half times around neck; other fine yellow trails wound intermittently around shoulder; a white trail wound spirally four times round upper body, tooled into an irregular zigzag pattern; below, another yellow trail wound horizontally round in two turns and a thicker white trail applied over it and wound round one and a half times further down body. Intact; patches of creamy brown weathering and iridescence.

Artist

Unknown

Date

4th–3rd century BCE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Greek, Eastern Mediterranean or Italian

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881