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 large trefoil rim-disk; short cylindrical neck, tapering upwards; broad rounded shoulder; stright-sided body with pronounced downward taper; applied low circular coiled pad-base, with flattened bottom; strap handle attached to shoulder, drawn up and round in a curve, arching above the rim-disk, and pressed on to top of neck behind rim-disk. A yellow trail attached at edge of rim-disk; another fine yellow trail wound spirally more than six times around neck; a third fine yellow trail wound around outer edge of shoulder, then intermingling with a white trail on upper body; both tooled into a close-set zigzag pattern; below, a fourth yellow trail wound horizontally in a single turn; a fifth yellow trail attached at edge of pad-base. Intact, but some internal cracks in body; some of trails completely weathered, leaving only impressions in side of body; some dulling and pitting, and small patches of iridescence and 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