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260. Beaker

Accession Number 78.AF.28
Dimensions H. 14.0, Diam. rim 9.9, Diam. base 5.5 cm; Wt. 111.98 g
Date Third–fourth centuries CE
Production Area Eastern Mediterranean
Material Translucent green glass
Modeling Technique and Decoration Free-blown; applied elements
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Condition

Intact. Incrustation around the top of the body and inside the mouth.

Description

Fire-polished, mildly flaring rim; bell-shaped body tapering toward the pushed-in, conical base. Slightly convex bottom with an annular pontil mark (W. 1.5, Th. 0.5 cm) at the center. A coil of glass is wound three times around the body at approximately one-third body-height below the rim.

Comments and Comparanda

These tall, conical beakers with a pushed-in base-ring, usually plain vessels but also occasionally bearing applied or incised decoration, are known from sites mainly in the eastern Mediterranean but also in the northwestern provinces. See , pp. 79–80, form 32a; , p. 144, fig. 45:11, beaker form B.II.γ; , pp. 76–80, nos. 323–358, plates 16/175α, 16/176b, 21/230d, 23/249a, 25/295a, 44–45, form 58a; , p. 78, nos. 84–85, form 42; , p. 93, no. 212, with traces of a similarly wound thread; , p. 101, no. 90.

Provenance

1940, Harry Leonard Simmons [sold, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, April 5, 1940, lot 119, through French and Co. to J. Paul Getty, 1940]; 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

, lot 119.

Exhibitions

None