Condition
Intact.
Description
Slightly in-folded rim; short conical mouth; cylindrical neck; globular body with four indentations around it, giving it an uneven octagonal shape; concave bottom. At the center of the bottom, an annular pontil mark (Diam. 1 × 0.7 cm) is visible.
A dark blue coil with several ferrous impurities is attached on the shoulder and, bending, forms a curved handle that is reattached on the neck at mid-height. The same coil continues, spirally wound six times around the mouth.
Comments and Comparanda
The use of turquoise blue coil in the decoration of bowls and various forms of flasks and jugs is typical for the Syrian region in the sixth–seventh centuries CE (Jennings, S. 2004/5. Vessel Glass from Beirut. BEY 006, 007, and 045. Berytus Archaeological Studies 48–49. Beirut: American University of Beirut., pp. 155–168; Foy, Danièle. “Un atelier de verrier à Beyrouth au début de la conquête islamique.” Syria 77 (2000): 239–290., pp. 259–268, and particularly on jugs pp. 266–267). For very similarly shaped jugs, see Israeli, Yael. 2003. Ancient Glass in the Israel Museum: The Eliahu Dobkin Collection and Other Gifts. Jerusalem: Israel Museum., p. 282, no. 381; Arveiller-Dulong, Véronique, and Marie-Dominique Nenna. 2005. Les verres antiques du Musée du Louvre 2: Vaisselle et contenants du Ier siècle au début du VIIe siècle après J.-C. Paris: Somogy., p. 478, no. 1300.
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
Saldern von, Axel, Birgit Nolte, Peter La Baume, and Thea Elisabeth Haevernick. 1974. Gläser der Antike. Sammlung Erwin Oppenländer. Mainz: von Zabern., p. 247, no. 718.
Exhibitions
Gläser der Antike: Sammlung Erwin Oppenländer (Hamburg and Cologne, 1974–1975)