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253. Bowl

Accession Number 2004.37
Dimensions H. 8.3, Diam. rim 8.7, max. Diam. 9.7 cm; Wt. 96.96 g
Date Third–fourth centuries CE
Production Area Eastern Mediterranean or Europe
Material Transparent greenish glass, probably decolorized
Modeling Technique and Decoration Free-blown; faceted
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Condition

Intact. Almost entirely covered with a brownish layer of weathering and iridescence.

Description

Cracked-off, flaring rim; almost globular body, with greatest diameter above midpoint; convex bottom. Six rows of rice-shaped wheel-cut facets decorate the body.

Comments and Comparanda

See comments on cat. 250. On vessels made of decolorized glass, see comments on cat. 251. For close parallels, see , p. 95, no. 595, plate 6; , pp. 115–116, form 96b; , pp. 106–107, nos. 205–206; , pp. 68–70, 73, 90–93; , p. 72, fig. 3:24–26, fig. 5:12; , p. 58, nos. 9:11–12; , pp. 90–95, plate 1; , pp. 257–258, no. 440; , pp. 61–62, form 12.2; , pp. 94–96, nos. 195–200.

Provenance

By 1974–1988, Erwin Oppenländer, 1901–1988 (Waiblingen, Germany), by inheritance to his daughter, Ingrid Reisser, 1988; 1988–2004, Ingrid Reisser (Böblingen, Germany), sold to the J. Paul Getty Museum, 2004

Bibliography

, p. 185, no. 511.

Exhibitions

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