Glass oinochoe (perfume jug)

Unknown

late 6th–5th century BCE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Translucent blue, with handle and foot in same color; trails in opaque yellow and opaque turquoise blue. Applied broad trefoil rim-disk, with upright spout; cylindrical neck, expanding downwards; angular shoulder; large ovoid body; applied irregular outsplayed foot with rounded edge and pushed-in bottom; handle attached to upper body in a pad over trail decoration, drawn up and out, and turned in, forming an arch slightly above rim-disk, then dropped down and pressed on to back of neck below rim-disk. Yellow trail attached at edge of rim-disk; a second yellow trail applied as a thick unmarvered line on upper body, wound horizontally four times, then tooled into a close-set, narrow zigzag pattern, intermingling with a turquoise blue trail; below, another yellow trail wound horizontally three times around body; a yellow trail partially wound around edge of foot. Intact; dulling, slight pitting, iridescence, and creamy brown weathering, especially covering trails.

Artist

Unknown

Date

late 6th–5th century BCE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Greek, Eastern Mediterranean

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881