313. Jar

Condition

Almost fully preserved. One of the handles has been replaced. Patches of iridescence on different parts of the body and darker incrustation on the neck.

Description

Fire-polished, horizontal rim; short and very wide neck; almost horizontal shoulder; hemispherical body; folded, conical tubular base-ring; flat bottom. At the center of the bottom, an annular pontil mark (W. 1.8 cm) is visible. Eight coil handles start on the tip of the shoulder and end on the edge of the rim. They are made of dark blue glass, which contains striations of red glass.

Comments and Comparanda

See cat. 312.

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

von Saldern et al. 1974, p. 212, no. 610.

Exhibitions

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