Glass oinochoe (perfume jug)

Unknown

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

Translucent cobalt blue but with one patch of turquoise blue on neck; applied foot and handle in cobalt blue but with opaque yellow streaks; trails in opaque yellow and opaque turquoise blue. Applied broad trefoil rim-disk; tall cylindrical neck, slanting forward; broad uneven shoulder, almost horizontal at front; bulbous body curving in towards bottom; applied outsplayed foot with uneven slightly hollow bottom; handle attached in a large flattened pad to outer edge of shoulder over trail decoration, drawn up and out, then turned in, arching above rim-disk, and pressed on to back of neck below rim. Yellow trail, streaked with turquoise blue, attached at edge of rim-disk; an unmarvered yellow trail, also with turquoise streaks, wound once around center of neck; a third yellow trail applied as a broad marvered pad to edge of shoulder and wound down spirally, then tooled around upper body; a turquoise blue trail added over yellow, forming a zigzag pattern; below this, a yellow trail and a thin turquoise trail applied together and wound round in uneven horizontal lines, and a second turquoise trail applied over yellow to form a band around lower body; another yellow trail attached at edge of foot; a small raised knob of yellow applied to bottom of handle. Intact, except for internal cracks in rim-disk and neck; small patches of encrustation and faint iridescent weathering.

Artist

Unknown

Date

late 6th–5th century BCE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Greek, Eastern Mediterranean

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917