Condition
Intact; surface dulled, covered by iridescence and incrustations; many pinprick bubbles.
Description
Fire-polished lip; wide, down-leaning rim; gently tapering, everted, conical body with slightly convex sides; flat bottom. Applied conical base with slanting tooling marks. At the center of the bottom is a solid, circular pontil mark (W. 0.8 cm).
Comments and Comparanda
Among the finds from Egyptian sites there are several deep bowls with conical and convex-shaped body, standing on a base-ring. There is a group with a distinctive, considerably wide, horizontal rim that had either a fire-polished lip or one that was folded at the end, forming a vertical lip suited for the securing of a lid; they are dated to the fifth–sixth centuries CE (Harden, Donald Benjamin. 1936. Roman Glass from Karanis Found by the University of Michigan Archaeological Expedition in Egypt, 1924–29. University of Michigan Studies, Humanistic Series, 41. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press., pp. 95–98, form deep bowls A.I.b.I, A.III.a; Whitehouse, David B. 1997. Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol. 1. Corning, NY: Corning Museum of Glass., pp. 81–82, nos. 107–110; Hayes, John W. 1975. Roman and Pre-Roman Glass in the Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto: Royal Ontario Museum., pp. 2–3, for their re-dating, on the basis of pottery co-finds from the third–fourth to the fifth–sixth centuries). For parallels, see Edgar, Campbell Cowan. 1905. Catalogue général des antiquités égyptiennes du Musée du Caire. Nos. 32401–32800. Graeco-Egyptian Glass. Cairo: Institut français d’archéologie orientale., p. 11, no. 32.446, plate II; von Saldern, Axel. 1974. Glassammlung Hentrich. Antike und Islam. Düsseldorf: Kunstmuseum., p. 103, no. 113; Harden, Donald Benjamin. 1936. Roman Glass from Karanis Found by the University of Michigan Archaeological Expedition in Egypt, 1924–29. University of Michigan Studies, Humanistic Series, 41. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press., p. 110, nos. 246–248. Cf. also Harden, Donald Benjamin. 1936. Roman Glass from Karanis Found by the University of Michigan Archaeological Expedition in Egypt, 1924–29. University of Michigan Studies, Humanistic Series, 41. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press., pp. 106–107, nos. 228–234, bowls with wide horizontal rim and vertically raised lip.
Provenance
1931, Robert Weeks de Forest, American, 1848–1931; 1931–1936, Estate of Robert Weeks de Forest, American, 1848–1931; 1940, Harry Leonard Simmons [sold, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, April 5, 1940, lot 106, 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 106, ill.
Exhibitions
None