Caption

Oinochoe. Transparent, light green glass. Spherical belly on a foot with a clearance, created by pressing inward the central part of the bottom of the vessel; decoration on the cylindrical neck in the form of a single glass thread of the same color, wound horizontally. The vice is glued to the arms and extends in an arc to the edge of the trefoil rim; free-blown. 4th century, Cyprus; vessel oinochoe. Base diameter 4.8 cm; weight 0.062 kg., A translucent glass pitcher with a rounded body and a flared, undulating rim sits against a neutral background; the glass shows a pale green tint with areas of clearer and slightly darker green, a curved handle in a deeper green attached from the rim to the shoulder, a decorative ring around the neck, a short cylindrical neck leading to the wavy spout, and a circular foot at the base, with visible surface blemishes and irregularities in the glass.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A18_333

License type

Rights managed

Available size

66.0Mb (1.3Mb) / 13.8in x 18.5in / 4154 x 5554 (300dpi)

Keywords

Oinochoe Transparent light green glass Spherical belly foot clearance created pressing inward central part bottom vessel decoration cylindrical neck form single glass thread color wound horizontally vice glued arms extends arc edge trefoil rim free-blown 4th century Cyprus vessel oinochoe Base diameter 4.8 cm weight 0.062 kg translucent glass pitcher rounded body flared undulating rim sits neutral background glass pale green tint areas clearer slightly darker green curved handle deeper green attached shoulder decorative ring neck short cylindrical neck leading wavy spout circular foot base visible surface blemishes irregularities glass.