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; ovoid body with downward taper; applied low circular coiled pad-base, with uneven bottom; strap handle attached to outer edge of shoulder, drawn up and round in a curve, arching above the rim-disk, and attached to top of neck behind rim-disk. A fine yellow trail attached at edge of rim-disk; another yellow trail wound spirally nearly two times around upper body; 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 white trail wound round one and a half times further down body; another fine yellow trail attached at edge of pad-base. Intact; some dulling, pitting, and iridescent weathering.

Artist

Unknown

Date

4th–3rd century BCE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Greek, Eastern Mediterranean

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917