Glass amphoriskos (perfume bottle)

Greek, Eastern Mediterranean

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 152

Translucent dark cobalt blue, with handles in same color; trails in opaque yellow and opaque turquoise blue.
Broad inward-sloping rim-disk; cylindrical neck, expanding slightly downwards; broad, angular shoulder; tall conical body, tapering downwards to pointed bottom; two vertical strap handles applied to top of shoulder, drawn up, and pressed onto underside of rim-disk.
One yellow trail attached at edge of rim-disk; another yellow trail applied to neck and wound in a spiral across shoulder and around top of body, then tooled into an uneven zigzag pattern on upper half of body, where a turquoise blue trail is added, mingling with the yellow; below this, both trails drawn down and wound horizontally once around lower body.
Complete, except for base-knob; parts of trails completely weathered, leaving only indentation in body; dulling, pitting, and faint iridescence.

Glass amphoriskos (perfume bottle), Glass, Greek, Eastern Mediterranean

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