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Catalogue

325. Flask

Accession Number 2003.268
Dimensions H. 10.3, Diam. rim 2.5, Diam. base 3.8, Th. 0.1 cm; Wt. 89.91 g
Date First century CE
Production Area Eastern Mediterranean or Italy
Material Translucent purple and opaque white glass
Modeling Technique and Decoration Free-blown
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Condition

Fully preserved; a small part of the rim has been replaced. Small areas with iridescent weathering.

Description

In-folded, flaring rim; cylindrical neck; globular body, standing on a flat bottom. A marvered white thread of glass has been spirally wound 10 times before the vessel was expanded to its final dimensions, from the center of the bottom, where a large, circular dot is visible, to the rim and dragged downward four times to form a wavy pattern.

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. 342.

Exhibitions

Molten Color: Glassmaking in Antiquity (Malibu, 2005–2006; 2007; 2009–2010)

Pompeii and the Roman Villa: Art and Culture around the Bay of Naples (Los Angeles, 2009)

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