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255. Bowl or Lamp

Accession Number 2003.455
Dimensions H. 7.0, Diam. rim 10.0, Diam. base 2.6 cm; Wt. 131.89 g
Date Third–fourth centuries CE
Production Area Eastern Mediterranean or Europe
Material Transparent greenish and translucent blue glass
Modeling Technique and Decoration Free-blown; engraved; applied elements
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Condition

Intact; areas covered with weathering and slight iridescence.

Description

Rough, cracked-off, vertical rim; deep, truncated conical body with convex walls tapering gradually toward the flat bottom. No pontil mark visible on the bottom. Two horizontal grooves beneath the rim. A wide register is formed by a horizontal groove, at 2.6 cm below the rim, and two fine incisions 2 cm lower. Within this register, 19 round blobs are arranged.

Comments and Comparanda

See cat. 254.

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. 251, no. 728.

Exhibitions

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