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335. Flask

Accession Number 2003.243
Dimensions H. 9.0, Diam. rim 2.3, Diam. base 3.1 cm; Wt. 13.72 g
Date First century CE
Production Area Italy or eastern Mediterranean
Material Opaque white glass
Modeling Technique and Decoration Free-blown
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Condition

Intact. Large areas covered by brownish incrustation.

Description

In-folded, slightly everted rim; long, cylindrical neck, wider toward the body, with two horizontal constrictions, one at its lowest part and the other at the transition to the slender, truncated conical body. The body is folded to form a wide, low, conical base. At the center of the undersurface there are remains of glass on the tip of the pontil (W. 0.7 cm).

Comments and Comparanda

See comments on cat. 334.

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. 114, no. 305.

Exhibitions

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