On view
Ancient Mediterranean Art
Trefoil oinochoe (jug),
mid 4th–3rd centuries BCE
Greek
Classical Period to Hellenistic Period, ca. 323–30 BCE, ca. 480–323 BCE
2003-89
Information
Title
Trefoil oinochoe (jug)
Dates
mid 4th–3rd centuries BCE
Medium
Dark green glass; opaque yellow and white glass
Dimensions
h. 15.3 cm, diam. rim 7.2 cm, diam. base 4.9 cm (6 x 2 13/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Carl Otto von Kienbusch Jr. Memorial Collection Fund
Object Number
2003-89
Place Made
Eastern Mediterranean
Culture
Period
Materials
Techniques
Subject
Formerly in the Demeulenaere Collection, France; in 1994 was at auction with Sotheby's London, lot 39 with the Hans Benzian Collection of Ancient and Islamic Glass; purchased by the Museum from David Aaron, London
Trefoil oinochoe
Core-formed jug with trefoil rim
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Verres antiques et de l'Islam: 1985 June 3-4, (Paris: Hôtel Drouot, 1985).
, cat. no. 60 -
The Benzian collection of ancient and Islamic glass, (London: Sotheby's, 1994).
, cat. no. 39 - "Acquisitions of the Princeton University Art Museum 2003," Record of the Princeton University Art Museum 63 (2004): p. 101-141., pp. 130–131 (illus.)
- Anastassios Antonaras, Fire and Sand: Ancient Glass in the Princeton University Art Museum (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Art Museum, 2012), cat. no. 58 (illus.)
