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217. Oinochoe / Ribbed Bottle with One Handle

Accession Number 2003.306
Dimensions H. 7.5, Diam. rim 2.5, Diam. base 2.9 cm; Wt. 20.14 g
Date Probably second half of the first century CE
Production Area Eastern Mediterranean
Material Translucent purple and greenish glass
Modeling Technique and Decoration Mold-blown
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Condition

Fully preserved; small chips missing on the body. Areas covered with weathering and accretions.

Description

Neck and body blown in a two-part mold of two vertical sections. Edges of mold not very carefully aligned. One continuous mold seam, around body and base, extends onto either side of neck and follows the line of vertical ribs on body.

Fire-polished, horizontal rim; short, cylindrical neck; globular, melon-shaped body covered with 12 wide, vertical, mold-blown ridges; circular, flat base. An olive-green bifurcated strap handle has been applied on the shoulder and drawn up to the lip with projecting thumb-rest tab above. Handle placement not adjacent to the seam.

Comments and Comparanda

See cat. 216.

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

, p. 147, no. 426.

, p. 149, n. 2.

Exhibitions

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