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198. Unguentarium / Grape Flask

Accession Number 2003.330
Dimensions H. 13.7, Diam. rim 3.6, max. Diam. 6.0 × 6.0 cm; Wt. 72.30 g
Date Late first–second centuries CE
Production Area Probably Syro-Palestinian region
Material Transparent purple-colored glass
Modeling Technique and Decoration Mold-blown
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Condition

Intact. Small part of the rim is restored.

Description

In-folded, tubular, flaring rim; cylindrical neck partly lopsided on its upper part. The body is square in cross section and is covered with 12 rows of large hemispherical knobs imitating grapes. Formed in a bipartite mold; vertical seam barely noticeable among the knobs on the surface and along the first centimeter of the neck.

Comments and Comparanda

See cat. 197.

Provenance

Pierre Mavrogordato, Greek, 1870–1948 (Berlin, Germany); by 1974–1988, Erwin Oppenländer, 1901–1988 (Waiblingen, Germany), by inheritance to his son, Gert Oppenländer, 1988; 1988–2003, Gert Oppenländer (Waiblingen, Germany), sold to the J. Paul Getty Museum, 2003

Bibliography

, p. 173, no. 472.

Exhibitions

Molten Color: Glassmaking in Antiquity (Malibu, 2005–2006; 2007; 2009–2010)

Gläser der Antike: Sammlung Erwin Oppenländer (Hamburg and Cologne, 1974–1975)