Unguent Bottle (Oinochoe)
Unguent Bottle (Oinochoe)
Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean, possibly Rhodes
DateLate 6th through 5th century BCE
DimensionsH: 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm); Rim Diam: 1 9/16 in. (4 cm); Max Diam of Body: 2 3/8 in. (6.1 cm); Base Diam: 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm)
Mediumglass
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.159
Not on View
DescriptionThis core-formed oinochoe features an opaque white ground with purple decoration. It has a broad trefoil rim-disk, a short cylindrical neck, a sharply angled shoulder, and an ovoid body that rests on a short, outsplayed foot with a small central depression. A single strap handle in opaque white glass arches from the shoulder to the rim.
An unmarvered purple thread is attached at the edge of the rim-disk. A second marvered purple thread begins vertically on the neck and spirals in horizontal lines over the shoulder, then is tooled into an uneven zigzag pattern around the middle of the body. Below this, a third marvered purple thread winds around the body in three horizontal loops. A fourth purple thread, unmarvered, is wound around the edge of the foot. Tooling marks are visible on the rim-disk and on the upperside of the foot.
This vessel was manufactured using the core-forming technique and finished with applied rim-disk, handle, foot, and both marvered and unmarvered threads.
Published ReferencesRiefstahl, Rudolf M., "The Complexities of Ancient Glass," Apollo 86, 1967, p. 430, fig. 5.
The Toledo Museum of Art, Art in Glass, A Guide to the Glass Collections, Toledo, Ohio, 1969, p. 19, ill.
Katz, Herbert and Marjorie Katz, Museum Adventures: An Introduction to Discovery, New York, 1969, p. 92, ill.
Hayes, John W., Roman and Pre-Roman Glass in the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, 1975, p. II
Wittmann, Otto, ed., The Toledo Museum of Art, A Guide to the Collections, Toledo, Ohio 1976, p. 7, fig. 6
Grose, David F., Early Ancient Glass: Core-Formed, Rod-Formed, and Cast Vessels and Objects from the Late Bronze Age to the Early Roman Empire, 1600 B.C. to A.D. 50, New York, Hudson Hills Press in association with the Toledo Museum of Art, 1989, Cat. No. 112, p. 148-149, Repr. (col.) p. 96.
Late 6th through 5th century BCE
Late 6th through 5th century BCE
Late 6th through 5th century BCE
Mid-4th through early 3rd centuries BCE
Mid-4th through early 3rd century BCE
Late 6th through 5th century BCE
Late 6th through 5th centuries BCE
Late 6th through 5th centuries BCE
Late sixth through fifth centuries BCE
Late 6th through 5th century BCE
Probably first half of 5th century BCE
about 350-275 BCE
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