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Catalogue

332. Flask

Accession Number 2003.415
Dimensions H. 12.0, Diam. rim 1.8, Diam. base 0.4, Th. 0.1 cm; Wt. 30.51 g (it is filled with soil)
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; a large part of the rim is mended. Some iridescence on the inside.

Description

Fire-polished, flaring rim; cylindrical neck, splaying and merging with the biconical body, which ends in a pointed toe. A thread of opaque white glass spirals 11 times around the body, from mid-height of the neck to the toe.

Comments and Comparanda

See comments on cat. 322.

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. 220, no. 638.

Exhibitions

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

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