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331. Flask

Accession Number 2003.418
Dimensions H. 7.0, Diam. rim 2.1, max. Diam. 4.5, Diam. base 2.2, Th. 0.2 cm; Wt. 18.94 g
Date First century CE
Production Area Eastern Mediterranean
Material Translucent blue and opaque white glass
Modeling Technique and Decoration Free-blown; applied elements
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Condition

Fully preserved. Some weathering has given the vessel a blue-purple iridescence. There is also some incrustation. The white thread has almost entirely fallen off.

Description

Fire-polished, flaring rim; cylindrical neck; bulbous body constricted above the middle, forming a wide concave band at the largest diameter; flat bottom. No pontil mark visible on the underside. A fine white thread was spirally wound 10 times from the base of the neck to the bottom.

Comments and Comparanda

See comments on cat. 329. For a parallel with a similarly squat body, see , p. 277, no. 828.

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. 221, no. 643.

Exhibitions

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