CIRCA MID 4TH-EARLY 3RD CENTURY B.C.

Core-formed glass vessels such as the present example were produced in order to hold scented oils, unguents, perfumes and cosmetics. Their forms were often derived from established shapes of pottery and metal ware, as is the case with this oinochoe. The present example belongs to what D.F. Grose calls Oinochoe Forms II, which represent "the first flowering of glassmaking in the Hellenistic era (The Toledo Museum of Art, Early Ancient Glass, p. 115). For a related example see no. 149, p. 162, op. cit.