Unguent Bottle (Oinochoe)
Unguent Bottle (Oinochoe)
Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean, possibly Rhodes
DateLate 6th through 5th century BCE
DimensionsH: 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm); Rim Diam: 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm); Max Diam of Body: 2 5/16 in. (5.8 cm); Base Diam: 1 3/16 in. (3 cm)
Mediumglass
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.181
Not on View
DescriptionThis oinochoe has a light blue ground with decoration in opaque yellow and opaque turquoise-blue. The vessel features a broad trefoil rim-disk and a short cylindrical neck. The shoulder meets the neck at an almost right angle and transitions into an ovoid body with a convex bottom. It rests on a short, outsplayed foot with a concave underside. An opaque light blue strap handle extends from the shoulder to the rim-disk and arches well above the rim.
An unmarvered opaque yellow thread, which appears orangish, is attached at the edge of the rim-disk. A second, narrow opaque yellow thread, also unmarvered, is wound horizontally once around the middle of the neck. Below this, a broad marvered opaque yellow thread begins on the neck, is wound spirally in horizontal lines over the shoulder, and is then tooled into a close-set, carelessly formed zigzag pattern that extends to the middle of the body. Beneath this, two additional opaque yellow threads, with an opaque turquoise-blue thread between them, are all marvered and wound horizontally once each around the body. An unmarvered opaque yellow thread is wound around the edge of the foot. A circular opaque yellow dot, now mostly lost, is partly marvered into the lower handle attachment.
The vessel was manufactured using the core-forming technique. It includes an applied rim-disk, handle, and foot, as well as applied marvered and unmarvered threads.
Published ReferencesGrose, 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. 115, p. 150.
Probably first half of 5th century BCE
Late 6th through 5th century BCE
Late sixth through fifth centuries BCE
6th-5th century BCE
4th-3rd century BCE
Mid-4th through early 3rd century BCE
5th century BCE
Late sixth through fifth centuries BCE
Mid-4th through early 3rd centuries BCE
Late 6th through 5th centuries BCE
Late sixth to fifth centuries BCE
Late 6th through 5th centuries BCE
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