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Catalogue

320. Flask

Accession Number 2003.272
Dimensions H. 6.5, Diam. rim 1.8, max. Diam. 4.5, Diam. base 1.8 cm; Wt. 18.93 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

Fully preserved; mended and filled.

Description

Fire-polished rim; cylindrical neck; globular body, standing on a flat bottom. A white thread of glass has been spirally wound 10 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. 130, no. 352.

Exhibitions

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