oinochoe

Object NameTrefoil Oinochoe

Made FromGlass

Date399-200 BCE

Place MadeEastern Mediterranean; probably Syria

Techniquetrail decorated and tooled

SizeOverall H: 7.3 cm; Diam (body): 4.5 cm

Accession Number50.1.2

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Not On View

Physical DescriptionTranslucent deep blue glass with bubbles and some surface dulling, trails of opaque white and opaque yellow; core-formed, trail decorated and tooled. Trefoil mouth tapers into rather long cylindrical neck before spreading out to broad flat shoulder and down into an ovoid form; at shoulder a white trail is applied and wound around the body eight times alternating with a yellow trail wound nine times, all are marvered in, six trails below the shoulder have been dragged alternately up and down thirty-eight times; a trail of deep blue glass was applied to the shoulder and pulled in a delicate arch up and over to the back of the mouth; additional blue glass was trailed on and tooled to form a flattened pad base.
Provenance

Former Collection Steuben Glass, Inc. (American, founded 1903) - 1950