323. Flask

Condition

Intact, with a few scratches and nicks. Some incrustation on the interior of the mouth, and some discoloration and iridescence on the body.

Description

In-folded and flattened, flaring rim; cylindrical neck, constricted at its base; biconical body, standing on three pinched toes created by pinching the gather, pulling it down, and bending it out 90 degrees.

Comments and Comparanda

Flasks of this form, with the characteristic flat, band-like pinched toes, are known mainly from Italy, and they are dated to the first century CE (De Tommaso 1990, p. 54, type 25; Ravagnan 1994, p. 106, no. 200; Stern 1977, pp. 53–54, no. 13; Mandruzzato and Marcante 2007, p. 78, no. 133; Antonaras 2012, p. 213, no. 320).

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. 114, no. 307; p. 113, plate no. 307.

Exhibitions

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