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238. Bowl, zarte Rippenschale

Accession Number 2003.227
Dimensions H. 4.4, Diam. rim 6.4, max. Diam. 7.3, Diam. base 3.0, Th. 0.09 cm; Wt. 29.60 g
Date First half of the first century CE
Production Area Western Roman Empire
Material Translucent yellow glass
Modeling Technique and Decoration Free-blown
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Condition

Intact. Some small areas of iridescence, and some minor nicks and scratches. No impurities and very few pinprick bubbles.

Description

Rough, uneven, cracked-off, slightly flaring rim; deep hemispherical body; flat bottom. Around the body, 1.5 cm below rim, are 15 unevenly spaced, vertical pinched ribs.

Comments and Comparanda

See cat. 236.

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. 101, no. 266.

Exhibitions

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