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Catalogue

319. Flask

Accession Number 2003.271
Dimensions H. 11.2, Diam. rim 1.9, max. Diam. 6.5, Diam. base 6.5, Th. 0.1 cm; Wt. 75.96 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.

Description

The rim is not preserved but has been replaced with a fire-polished one; cylindrical neck; globular body, standing on a flat bottom. A white thread of glass has been spirally wound 11 times from the bottom to the rim.

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. 129, no. 349.

Exhibitions

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