Glass amphoriskos (perfume bottle)

Unknown

5th century BCE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Opaque dark purple, with handles in same color; trails in opaque yellow and opaque turquoise blue. Deeply inward-sloping rim-disk; tall cylindrical neck with concave sides; uneven sloping shoulder; top-shaped body; circular base-knob with deep indent on bottom; two vertical strap handles applied to shoulder, drawn up, and pressed onto neck. A yellow trail attached at edge of rim-disk; another yellow trail and an overlapping turquoise blue trail applied to shoulder, wound in a tight spiral around body, ending two-thirds of the way down. Complete, except for most of one handle; broken and repaired around neck; dulling, pitting, and creamy iridescent weathering.

Artist

Unknown

Date

5th century BCE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Greek, Eastern Mediterranean

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917