333. Flask

Condition

Fully preserved. A large part of the glass trail is missing. Silver and white iridescence over much of the vessel.

Description

Flaring, in-folded tubular rim; cylindrical neck splaying and merging with the biconical body, which ends in a pointed toe. A thread of white glass spirals nine times around the body, from the base of the neck to the toe.

Comments and Comparanda

See comments on cat. 322.

Provenance

1908, Arnold Vogell, 1857–1911 (Karlsruhe, Germany) [sold, Griechische Altertümer südrussischen Fundorts aus dem Besitze des Herrn A. Vogell, Karlsruhe (Versteigerung), Max Cramer, Cassel, Germany, May 26–30, 1908, lot 931]; 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

Cramer 1908, no. 931, plates 13, 48.

von Saldern et al. 1974, p. 220, no. 639.

Exhibitions

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