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Catalogue

330. Flask

Accession Number 2004.40
Dimensions H. 9.6, Diam. rim 2.0, max. Diam. 6.0, Diam. base 2.3, Th. 0.2 cm; Wt. 18.29 g
Date First century CE
Production Area Eastern Mediterranean
Material Translucent amber-colored and opaque white glass
Modeling Technique and Decoration Free-blown; applied elements
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Condition

Intact; some iridescence on the exterior.

Description

Fire-polished, flaring rim; cylindrical neck; globular body; slightly concave bottom. No pontil mark visible. A fine white thread was spirally wound 15 times from the middle of the neck to the bottom, where it ends.

Comments and Comparanda

See comments on cat. 329.

Provenance

By 1974–1988, Erwin Oppenländer, 1901–1988 (Waiblingen, Germany), by inheritance to his daughter, Ingrid Reisser, 1988; 1988–2004, Ingrid Reisser (Böblingen, Germany), sold to the J. Paul Getty Museum, 2004

Bibliography

, p. 221, no. 646.

Exhibitions

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

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