Condition
Intact; iridescence.
Description
In-folded, tubular, flaring rim; wide, conical mouth; cylindrical neck, wider toward the body. A constriction at the transition from the neck to the body forms a diaphragm. The globular body is covered with 22 well-defined, S-shaped mold-blown ribs. The vessel stands on a flat, slightly concave bottom. Annular pontil mark (W. 2.4, Th. 0.1 cm) is visible at the center of the bottom.
Comments and Comparanda
See cat. 202. For closer pararallels, see Whitehouse, David B. 2001. Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol. 2. Corning, NY: Corning Museum of Glass., p. 120, no. 621; Hayes, John W. 1975. Roman and Pre-Roman Glass in the Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto: Royal Ontario Museum., p. 78, no. 282; Stern, Eva Marianne. 2001. Roman, Byzantine, and Early Medieval Glass, 10 BCE–700 CE: Ernesto Wolf Collection. Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz., p. 254, no. 140.
Provenance
1971, Royal Athena Galleries (New York, New York), sold to the J. Paul Getty Museum, 1971
Bibliography
Du Bois, Page. 2003. “A Passion for the Dead: Ancient Objects and Everyday Life.” In Representing the Passions: Histories, Bodies, Visions, ed. Richard Meyer, 270–288. Los Angeles: Getty Research Institute., pp. 285–286, fig. 8.
Exhibitions
None