Condition
Intact; partly covered with incrustations and iridescence.
Description
Fire-polished, rounded, horizontal rim; deep, everted conical body; conical, pushed-in, and flattened base-ring; concave bottom. Wide strap handle, looped on upper body. At the center of the bottom is an annular pontil mark (W. 3 cm).
Comments and Comparanda
On modioli in general, see cat. 233. For direct comparanda of this vessel, see Isings, Clasina. 1957. Roman Glass from Dated Finds. Groningen: Wolters., pp. 52–53, form 37; Calvi, M. C. 1968. I vetri romani del Museo di Aquileia. Aquileia: Associazione Nazionale per Aquileia., pp. 65, 73, plate 11:1, C:8, group D; Welker, Edith. 1974. Die römischen Gläser von Nida-Heddernheim. Schriften des Frankfurter Museums für Vor- und Frühgeschichte 3. Frankfurt: Kramer., pp. 27–30; Haevernick, Thea Elisabeth. [1978] 1981. “Modioli–Modioli Glasses–Les verres modioli.” In Beiträge zur Glasforschung: Die wichtigsten Aufsätze von 1938 bis 1981, ed. Axel von Saldern, 367–374. Mainz: von Zabern. [Originally published in Glastechnische Berichte 51: 328–330.], pp. 328–330; Czurda-Ruth, Barbara. 1979. Die Römischen Gläser von Magdalensberg. Kärntner Museumsschriften 65; Archäologische Forschungen zu den Grabungen auf dem Magdalensberg 6. Klagenfurt: Landesmuseum für Kärnten., pp. 51–52; Stern, Eva Marianne. 2001. Roman, Byzantine, and Early Medieval Glass, 10 BCE–700 CE: Ernesto Wolf Collection. Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz., pp. 87–88, no. 27; Antonaras, Anastassios. 2012. Fire and Sand: Ancient Glass in the Princeton University Art Museum. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press., p. 137, no. 165.
Provenance
1940, Harry Leonard Simmons [sold, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, April 5, 1970, lot 107 through French and Co. to J. Paul Getty]; 1940–1976, J. Paul Getty, American, 1892–1976, upon his death, held in trust by the estate; 1976–1978, Estate of J. Paul Getty, American, 1892–1976, distributed to the J. Paul Getty Museum, 1978
Bibliography
Paintings by Contemporary Artists: Brackman, Corbino, Philipp, Pushman, Lebduska, and Other Works by an Older Generation of Artists. Other Art Objects from the Collection of H. Leonard Simmons, New York, Sold by His Order: Public Sale, Paintings, April 4–5, 1940, sale cat. New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries., lot 124, ill.
Exhibitions
None