Condition
Complete; iridescent surface and dark accretions.
Description
In-folded, tubular rim; flaring mouth; short, cylindrical neck, strongly constricted at its base; spherical body; flat base. The body is covered with a mold-blown network pattern composed of five rows of lozenges. At the center of each lozenge there is a boss. At the center of the bottom is an annular pontil mark (W. 1.6 cm).
Comments and Comparanda
On sprinkler flasks, see comments on cat. 202. Published parallels include the following: Oliver, Andrew, Jr. 1980. Ancient Glass in the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh. Pittsbourgh, PA: Carnegie Institute., p. 120, no. 208; Stern, Eva Marianne. 1995. The Toledo Museum of Art. Roman Mold-Blown Glass: The First through Sixth Centuries. Rome: “L’Erma” di Bretschneider., p. 196, nos. 129, 130; Antonaras, Anastassios. 2012. Fire and Sand: Ancient Glass in the Princeton University Art Museum. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press., p. 97, no. 93.
Provenance
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
Saldern von, Axel, Birgit Nolte, Peter La Baume, and Thea Elisabeth Haevernick. 1974. Gläser der Antike. Sammlung Erwin Oppenländer. Mainz: von Zabern., p. 175, no. 484.
Exhibitions
Gläser der Antike: Sammlung Erwin Oppenländer (Hamburg and Cologne, 1974–1975)