Glass oinochoe (perfume jug)

Unknown

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

Opaque white, with handle and foot in same color but with some purple streaks; trails in translucent purple. Applied broad trefoil rim-disk, with edge of mouth projecting above inside of rim-disk; short, slightly-square shaped, concave neck; broad sloping shoulder; large ovoid body; applied outsplayed foot with uneven slightly convex bottom; handle attached as a large flattened pad to top of body over trail decoration, drawn up and slightly out, then turned in, arching well above rim-disk, then down and pressed on to back of neck below rim. One trail attached at edge of rim-disk; a second thick trail wound horizontally twice around shoulder and top of body, then tooled into a close-set zigzag pattern around upper half of body; below this, a third, fine trail wound horizontally three times around body; finally, a fourth unmarvered trail wound around edge of foot. Intact; some dulling and pitting, and patches of iridescent creamy brown 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