Object Title
Glass oinochoe
Measurements
Other (H. w/ handles): 8 1/4 in. (20.9 cm) Height: 7 11/16 in. (19.6 cm) Diameter: 4 3/16 x 2 15/16 in. (10.7 x 7.4 cm) Other (length & width of rim): 1 7/8 x 2 9/16 in. (4.8 x 6.5 cm)
Creation Date
mid-4th–early 3rd century B.C.
Credit Line
Gift of Renée E. and Robert A. Belfer, 2012
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/257880
Provenance Information
1970s, European private collection; [until 1997, with Phoenix Ancient Art S.A., New York and Geneva, Switzerland]; 1997, purchased by Robert A. and Renee E. Belfer from Phoenix Ancient Art S.A.; 1997-2012, collection of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Belfer, New York; acquired in 2012, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Belfer.
Exhibition Information
Exhibited beginning February 2010 in The Metropolitan Museum of Art Hellenistic Treasury, Gallery 163. Delivered to the Museum for study purposes in 2007.
Publication Information
Lightfoot, Christopher S. 2014. "Recent Acquisitions, A Selection: 2012-2014." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, 72(2): p. 13.
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
This object has a provenance established to at least 1997 and has been on display at the Metropolitan Museum since 2010. This impressive jug is one of the largest core-formed vessels known and, apart from its size, it is set apart from the other oinochoai by its unusual decorative features – the circular blobs on the shoulder, the festoon pattern of the trails on the body, and the appliqué at the base of the handle.