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Trefoil Oinochoe (Pitcher)
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
ClassificationsAncient Near Eastern Art

Trefoil Oinochoe (Pitcher)

Place CreatedAsia
Date550-401 BCE
MediumGlass
Credit LineGift of the Connoisseurs
Dimensions3 15/16 x 2 1/2 in. (10 x 6.3 cm)
Object number1987.002
Label TextThe oldest known glass core-formed vessels date around 1500 B.C. and were found in Western Asia. They became popular around the Mediterranean world in the first millennium B.C., and only went out of fashion with the invention of glass blowing. These vessels were made around a disposable core of material (clay or sand mixed with an organic binder), fashioned according to the interior shape of the desired vessel and placed on top of a metal rod. The core was then covered without glass by trailing threads of glass of various colors around it. The vessel was repeatedly heated in an oven and rolled on a flat stone between each application of glass; the handles, the mouth, and the foot of each vessel were applied and shaped afterwards. Once the vessel was finished, the core was scraped out and the vessel was then ready to be filled with scented oil, unguent, or makeup powder.
Exhibition HistorySelected Acquisitions: Asia to America, Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, May 8 - August 8, 1987
Across the Millennia: Antiques from the Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, Southern Bell Center, Atlanta, Georgia, January 6 - February 29, 1988
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - Spring 2001
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, October 6, 2001 - February 12, 2018
Published ReferencesMichael C. Carlos Museum Handbook (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 1996), 44.
ProvenancePurchased by MCCM from Safani Gallery, New York.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art
© Bruce M. White, 2006.
ca. 3200-2700 BCE
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1st Century BCE-1st Century CE
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1st Century BCE-1st Century CE
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1st Century BCE-1st Century CE
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1st Century BCE-1st Century CE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
1st Century BCE-1st Century CE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
1st Century BCE-1st Century CE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
1st Century BCE-1st Century CE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
1st Century BCE-1st Century CE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
1st Century BCE-1st Century CE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
1st Century BCE-1st Century CE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
1st Century BCE-1st Century CE