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318. Flask

Accession Number 2003.269
Dimensions H. 7.8, Diam. rim 2.4, Diam. base 3.5, Th. 0.1 cm; Wt. 32.75 g
Date First half of the first century CE
Production Area Eastern Mediterranean or Italy
Material Translucent amber-colored and opaque white glass
Modeling Technique and Decoration Free-blown
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Condition

Partly preserved; mended and filled. Small areas with iridescent weathering.

Description

Fine, in-folded, flaring rim; cylindrical neck; squat bulbous body, standing on a flat bottom. A white thread of glass has been spirally wound approximately 30 times from the center of the bottom, where a large circular dot is visible, to the rim. The thread has been dragged upward five times to form a festooned pattern, imitating agate.

Comments and Comparanda

See cat. 317.

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. 128, no. 343.

Exhibitions

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